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Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) -- Highly Integrated, Multicore MPC8572 Family Built on Power Architecture(TM) Technology Designed to Enhance Network Efficiency, Performance, Security Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) envisions a world in which high-performance, secure networks are available to everyone. To help make this vision a reality, Freescale has developed an innovative, multicore processor architecture that handles control/data plane and application-aware content processing, deep packet inspection, pattern matching, network admission control and encryption acceleration -- all at multi-Gigabit speeds. The first implementation of this advanced processor architecture is the MPC8572 PowerQUICC(TM) III family built on Power Architecture(TM) technology. Freescale has designed the MPC8572 family to provide developers of networking and communications equipment with a high-performance, single-chip processor alternative to software-intensive solutions based on costly, inefficient ASICs and FPGAs within multiple systems. "Freescale's MPC8572 processor platform is designed to proliferate new services, higher levels of network performance, deep packet inspection, application-layer and service-layer awareness, and enhanced security across a broad range of next-generation access products," said Linley Gwennap, principal analyst of The Linley Group. "This multicore technology platform represents the next step in the continuous innovation of the PowerQUICC processor family, building upon Freescale's best-in-class embedded core performance, traffic management and security acceleration." Target applications for Freescale's advanced communications processing architecture include multi-service routing and switching, firewall/VPN, unified threat management, intrusion detection and prevention, anti-virus, load balancing, content switching and application-aware networking equipment. The next-generation architecture also addresses the computationally demanding processing requirements of wireless infrastructure equipment, such as radio node controllers (RNCs) and WiMAX basestations. "Today's networking equipment vendors are looking for highly integrated content processing solutions that can help them simplify their system designs and enable intelligent, application-protocol networks," said Lynelle McKay, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Digital Systems Division. "Ultimately, our single-chip PowerQUICC III architecture is designed to help drive the evolution of the network from separate control and data planes to a merged, multi-services-oriented, high-touch processing platform designed to solve complex network challenges, such as security and other types of policy enforcement." About the MPC8572 processor platform Based on a system-on-chip (SoC) platform, the MPC8572 processor features dual e500 CPU cores scaling to 1.5GHz. This architecture supports symmetric and asymmetric multi-processing, enabling the processor to run multiple operating systems, such as a real-time operating system and Linux(R) OS simultaneously. The processor features on-chip memory (1MB L2 cache), a DDR2/DDR3 controller and a choice of high-speed interconnects, including multiple Gigabit Ethernet controllers, Serial RapidIO and PCI Express support. These high-speed interconnects enable scalable connectivity to network processors and/or ASICs in the data plane while the MPC8572 handles complex, computationally demanding control plane processing tasks. The MPC8572's application acceleration platform integrates four powerful engines: a table look-up unit (TLU) that offloads complex table searches and header inspections; a pattern-matching engine (PME) to handle regular expression (reg-ex) matching; a deflate engine to manage file decompression; and a security engine that accelerates crypto operations in IPSec and SSL/TLS for virtual private networks. Broad ecosystem of security partners Freescale's security and communications processing solutions are backed by a broad ecosystem of third-party partners, including experts in the network security arena. This broad and growing ecosystem enables OEMs to accelerate time-to-market and reduce development costs. Freescale has partnered with Kaspersky Lab and its StreamAV signatures for prototyping Freescale technology blocks to enable optimized anti-virus solutions and other networking equipment requiring intensive content processing. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). www.freescale.com -0- *T Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA *T Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 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