Date: 17/09/2009

New quad-core QorIQ P4040 device from Freescale for networking applications

Freescale Semiconductor has released a new quad-core QorIQ P4040 processor offering low-power option for networking applications with QorIQ multicore platforms. The P4040 processor combines control, datapath and application layer processing that lowers part counts, reduces system cost and shrinks product footprints. The P4040 is suitable for wireless infrastructure, routing, switching and industrial applications.

The P4040 is manufactured using 45-nm process technology and features dual memory controllers and the same advanced caching, interconnect acceleration and high-speed I/O technologies as the P4080 processor. The P4040 leverages the P4080's embedded hypervisor and Datapath Acceleration Architecture technologies.

"Market adoption for the QorIQ P4080 processor has been outstanding, and Freescale is now expanding the scalability of its QorIQ P4 platform via the new quad-core P4040 offering," said Brett Butler, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Networking Processor Products Division. "The P4040's exceptional performance and power profiles, together with the availability of an impressive range of enablement solutions makes the new device a compelling option for networking and communications equipment markets."

The P4040 integrates I/O technologies including dual 10-Gbps Ethernet (XAUI) controllers and eight 1-Gbps Ethernet (SGMII) controllers for packetized data processing. For non-packetized processing, there are three PCI Express v2.0 controllers/ports running at up to 5GHz and two Serial RapidIO controllers/ports running up to 3.125GHz.

Availability: Scheduled to begin sampling in Q4 2009 and production in 2H 2010.

For more details visit www.freescale.com