Published: September 08, 2009
Newest Freescale QorIQ Processor Delivers Performance and Energy Efficiency for Green Embedded Applications
TOKYO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Freescale Semiconductor introduces the QorIQ P1022 dual-core processor
with advanced power management capabilities to support energy-efficient
designs for embedded applications. The low-power, high-performance P1022
processor helps embedded systems designers satisfy green-energy mandates
while achieving low overall system cost.
Based on 45-nm process technology, the P1022 processor is the sixth
announced member of Freescale's QorIQ multicore product line. The device
offers best-in-class energy efficiency and a broad range of performance
and integration capabilities. It is ideal for applications where
performance and energy efficiency are essential, including printing and
imaging products, video surveillance technology, storage equipment, and
industrial automation and control applications.
"Increased governmental and regulatory focus on energy efficiency for
all classes of embedded products presents new challenges for embedded
systems designers and developers," said Brett Butler, vice president and
general manager of Freescale's Networking Processor Division. "Freescale
has designed the QorIQ P1022 processor with advanced power and energy
management capabilities to help multicore processing applications meet
increasing energy-efficiency standards while enabling low system cost."
The device features a dual gigahertz core system for concurrent
applications processing, delivering networked services, media processing
and compelling user-interface capabilities. Built on two Power
Architecture cores ranging from 600 MHz to 1 GHz, the P1022 features
high-speed triple PCI Express interconnects, hardware acceleration, 256
KB L2 cache and DDR2/3 memory options. The device also integrates Serial
ATA interconnect technology and SD/MMC controllers for easy connectivity
to integrated storage devices. Freescale additionally offers a
single-core processor called the QorIQ P1013 with the same set of system
peripherals, interconnect technology and advanced power and energy
management features.
Sophisticated power management features include Freescale's Jog
technology, which dynamically lowers power consumption for cyclical
workloads. The P1022 processor also offers network-aware packet-lossless
deep sleep standby capabilities, enabling the creation of embedded
systems that achieve 1 watt AC network standby while maintaining fast,
responsive networking for on-demand processing.
Support for both asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) and symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) operating modes enables performance scaling and
flexibility. Freescale has demonstrated up to 82 percent improvement in
AMP and up to 78 percent in SMP in test applications with the P1022
processor, versus a single-core device operating at the same clock rates.
Designers can utilize one core for implementing user interfaces and
value-added network services, while the second core performs media
processing in applications like multi-function printers, video
surveillance equipment and remotely stored media servers in an AMP
environment. Utilization of SMP in networked media processing is equally
efficient, since the P1022 can also parallelize a single workload in SMP
mode to help increase overall system speed and responsiveness.
The P1022 processor achieves cost savings at the system level by
integrating system peripherals including gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 1588,
USB 2.0, SATA, SD/MMC, DUART, SPI, I2C and a user interface
LCD controller. In addition, it uses a printed circuit board that is
routable in four signal layers to further reduce costs. The P1022
product features cost-effective boot modes including NAND flash,
high-speed serial flash and removable SD/MMC.
For more information about the QorIQ P1022 processor, please visit: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=P1022
Supporting comments from Freescale multicore ecosystem partners follow
"The integration and low-power operation of the QorIQ P1022 processor
remove many of the barriers embedded design engineers have in adopting
multicore," said David Kleidermacher, chief technology officer for Green
Hills. "INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization, networking protocols and
comprehensive multicore development tools for the P1022 will help
designers create systems that reliably and securely combine Linux user
interface software and INTEGRITY real-time determinism with full network
protocol support."
"The QorIQ P1022 processor is an ideal platform for adding engaging user
interface technology and networked services offered in the Android
framework while performing heavy embedded workloads," said Glenn Perry,
general manager of Mentor Graphics' Embedded Systems Division. "With our
recent acquisition of Embedded Alley, customers can now use our Nucleus,
Linux and Android multicore offerings to realize the full benefits of
advanced multicore processors, such as the P1022, for product
differentiation."
"The QorIQ P1022 dual-core processor will bring the multicore value
proposition to lower-end network devices," said Tomas Evensen, chief
technology officer for Wind River. "As a long-time partner of Freescale,
Wind River is fully committed to supporting the P1022 processor and
helping joint customers meet the ever-increasing performance demands and
energy-efficiency standards of today's device development."
"Zoran's IPS page description language interpreters benefit greatly from
parallelization of rendering through symmetric multiprocessing across
multiple cores," said Tom Mager, vice president of Software Engineering
for Zoran's Imaging Division. "Combining Zoran's IPS software optimized
for concurrent rendering with Freescale's new QorIQ P1022 offers our
printer and MFP customers 60 percent processing performance improvement
with lower power consumption."
Availability and pricing
QorIQ P1022 processor samples are expected to be available in early
2010. Suggested resale pricing is $42.41 (USD) in 10K quantities.
About QorIQ communications platforms
Freescale QorIQ communications platforms are the next-generation
evolution of Freescale's leading PowerQUICC communications processors.
Built using high-performance Power Architecture cores, Freescale QorIQ
platforms enable a new era of networking innovation where the
reliability, security and quality of service for every connection
matters. Dual-core QorIQ devices offer a compelling multicore migration
path for PowerQUICC II Pro and PowerQUICC III processor customers and
are fully software compatible with existing PowerQUICC processors. For
more information about QorIQ platforms, visit www.freescale.com/multicore.
About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture
of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and
networking markets. The privately held company is based in Austin,
Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales
operations around the world. www.freescale.com.
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