<s>
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
name	O
for	O
several	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
-	O
and	O
Power	O
ISA-based	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
from	O
Freescale	O
Semiconductor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
built	O
around	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
cores	O
and	O
the	O
Communications	B-Device
Processor	I-Device
Module	I-Device
(	O
QUICC	B-Device
Engine	I-Device
)	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
RISC	B-Architecture
core	O
specialized	O
in	O
such	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
,	O
communications	O
,	O
ATM	O
,	O
security	O
acceleration	O
,	O
networking	O
and	O
USB	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
components	O
are	O
System-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
designs	O
tailor-made	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
processors	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
networking	O
,	O
automotive	O
,	O
industrial	O
,	O
storage	O
,	O
printing	O
and	O
consumer	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freescale	O
are	O
using	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
processors	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
mobileGT	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freescale	O
also	O
manufactures	O
QUICC	B-Device
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
the	O
older	O
68k	B-Device
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MPC8xx	O
family	O
was	O
Motorola	O
's	O
first	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
based	O
embedded	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
,	O
suited	O
for	O
network	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
and	O
system-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
is	O
an	O
original	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
single	O
issue	O
,	O
four	O
stage	O
pipelined	O
core	O
with	O
MMU	O
and	O
branch	B-General_Concept
prediction	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
with	O
speeds	O
up	O
to	O
133MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MPC821	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1995	O
together	O
with	O
MPC860	O
with	O
a	O
complete	O
QUICC	B-Device
engine	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QUICC	B-Device
communication	B-Device
processor	I-Device
module	I-Device
(	O
CPM	O
)	O
offloads	O
networking	O
tasks	O
from	O
the	O
CPU	O
,	O
thus	O
branding	O
this	O
family	O
as	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
processors	O
in	O
the	O
family	O
differ	O
in	O
on-chip	O
features	O
like	O
USB	B-Protocol
,	O
serial	O
,	O
PCMCIA	O
,	O
ATM	O
and	O
Ethernet	O
controllers	O
and	O
different	O
amount	O
of	O
L1	O
caches	O
ranging	O
from	O
1	O
KiB	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
KiB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8xx	O
–	O
All	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
processors	O
share	O
this	O
common	O
naming	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC850	O
–	O
A	O
low-cost	O
,	O
stripped	O
MPC860	O
with	O
integrated	O
USB	B-Protocol
and	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
direct	O
descendant	O
of	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603e	O
and	O
the	O
core	O
also	O
goes	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
603e	O
or	O
G2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
communications	O
processors	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
applications	O
like	O
VoIP	B-Application
systems	O
,	O
telecom	O
switches	O
,	O
cellular	O
base	O
stations	O
and	O
DSLAMs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
family	O
of	O
processors	O
are	O
phased	O
out	O
in	O
favour	O
for	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
Pro	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC82xx	O
–	O
All	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
processors	O
share	O
this	O
common	O
naming	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
e300	B-Device
core	O
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603e	O
core	O
,	O
with	O
32/32	O
KiB	O
instruction/data	O
L1	O
caches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
Pro	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
networking	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
for	O
routers	B-Protocol
,	O
switches	O
,	O
printers	O
,	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
,	O
wireless	B-Device
access	I-Device
points	I-Device
and	O
DSLAMs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
Pro	O
processors	O
reaches	O
677MHz	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
include	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
embedded	B-Architecture
technologies	O
like	O
USB	B-Protocol
,	O
PCI	B-Protocol
,	O
Ethernet	O
and	O
security	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
use	O
a	O
newer	O
QUICC	B-Device
Engine	I-Device
network	B-Architecture
offload	O
engine	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
CPM	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
I	O
and	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC83xx	O
–	O
All	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
Pro	O
processors	O
share	O
this	O
common	O
naming	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
devices	O
with	O
an	O
834x	O
name	O
lacks	O
the	O
quicc	B-Device
engine	I-Device
,	O
while	O
devices	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
like	O
836x	O
has	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8343E	O
–	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Killer	B-Device
NIC	I-Device
"	O
network	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
III	O
processors	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
32-bit	O
Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
v.2.03	O
core	O
called	O
e500	B-General_Concept
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
dual	O
issue	O
,	O
seven-stage	O
pipeline	O
with	O
double	O
precision	O
FPUs	O
,	O
32/32	O
KiB	O
data	O
and	O
instruction	O
L1	O
caches	O
,	O
multiple	O
Gigabit	O
Ethernet	O
,	O
PCI	B-Protocol
and	O
PCIe	O
,	O
RapidIO	B-General_Concept
,	O
DDR/DDR2	O
memory	O
controllers	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
accelerators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
processors	O
use	O
the	O
older	O
CPM	O
module	O
for	O
the	O
handling	O
network	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
offload	O
,	O
some	O
use	O
the	O
newer	O
QUICC	B-Device
Engine	I-Device
(	O
same	O
as	O
in	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	O
Pro	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
CPM	O
or	O
QUICC	B-Device
Engine	I-Device
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freescale	O
's	O
marketing	O
department	O
nevertheless	O
brand	O
all	O
devices	O
in	O
the	O
85xx	O
series	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
III	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC85xx	O
–	O
All	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
III	O
processors	O
share	O
this	O
common	O
naming	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8540	O
–	O
The	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
RapidIO	B-General_Concept
enabled	O
host	O
processor	O
with	O
e500v1	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
dual	O
Gigabit	O
Ethernet	O
controllers	O
,	O
ideal	O
for	O
routers	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8541E	O
–	O
Similar	O
to	O
8540	O
with	O
e500v1	O
core	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
PCI-X	O
,	O
RapidIO	B-General_Concept
and	O
with	O
security	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8548/47/45/43	O
( E	O
)	O
–	O
A	O
family	O
of	O
integrated	O
devices	O
included	O
PCI	B-Protocol
Express	O
and	O
RapidIO	B-General_Concept
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
e500v2	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8555E	O
–	O
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
8560	O
with	O
e500v1	O
core	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
PCI-X	O
,	O
RapidIO	B-General_Concept
and	O
with	O
security	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8568/68E/67/67E	O
–	O
Uses	O
the	O
QUICC	B-Device
Engine	I-Device
with	O
e500v2	O
core	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
CPM	O
,	O
the	O
8567	O
has	O
a	O
reduced	O
set	O
of	O
peripheral	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPC8569E	O
–	O
e500v2	O
core	O
frequency	O
of	O
1.33GHz	O
,	O
45nm	O
fabrication	O
process	O
,	O
enhanced	O
QUICC	B-Device
engine	I-Device
,	O
rich	O
set	O
of	O
peripherals	O
and	O
low	O
power	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Used	O
in	O
high	O
end	O
application-aware	O
networking	O
equipment	O
like	O
firewalls	B-Application
and	O
antivirus	B-Application
devices	O
(	O
from	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
will	O
cease	O
development	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
software-compatible	O
QorIQ	B-General_Concept
platform	O
featuring	O
all	O
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
e500	I-General_Concept
based	O
processors	O
,	O
from	O
single	O
core	O
,	O
through	O
multi-core	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freescale	O
will	O
keep	O
manufacturing	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
processors	O
in	O
the	O
foreseeable	O
future	O
for	O
existing	O
customers	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
will	O
help	O
facilitate	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
QorIQ	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
