Freescale multicore mcu targets clean tech automotive applications
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Expanding its offering for the automotive market, Freescale Semiconductor has launched the first of several new multicore mcus, designed to increase performance and support the design of cleaner, more fuel efficient engines.
The new dual core Qorivva 32bit MPC5676R, built on Power Architecture technology, is said to provide four times the performance, double the memory space and more functionality than the previous generation, single core MPC5566 microprocessor.
Its features include 6MB of on chip flash memory; 384KB of on chip ram; three high performance enhanced timing processor units; a 64channel, 12bit a/d converter; CAN and FlexRay communications systems and on chip hardware for knock detection processing.
The 90nm device also includes two parallel 180MHz 32bit Power Architecture processor for maximum throughput and software flexibility. Its extended feature list is said to allow automakers to incorporate state of the art technology, such as direct injection, turbo charging and full drive by wire systems into a single controller.
"Freescale understands the key role technology plays in helping automakers produce greener, more fuel efficient vehicles, and we have a long history of working with the automotive industry to develop the solutions they need for their latest generation designs," said Ray Cornyn, vp of Freescale's automotive mcu business. "For powertrain, our goal is to produce the most powerful and flexible mcus that can simultaneously manage all the complex control of a modern engine, while giving designers the tools and software platforms they need to reduce system complexity."
