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OSE System's RTOS Tool To Support
Motorola Processors
OSE Systems, a leading supplier of operating systems for the communications
market, announced that it will make its OSE real-time operating systems (RTOS)
and development tools available for Motorola's latest PowerQUICC III
architecture, beginning with the MPC8560 and MPC8540 communications
processors. The OSE RTOS and tool chain, optimized for high-availability,
distributed communications and networking applications, will provide the
industry's most flexible and robust development and run-time platform for the
PowerQUICC architecture.
"We are very pleased that OSE Systems has committed to provide RTOS support
for our high-performance PowerQUICC III communications processors," said David
Perkins, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's Networking
and Computing Systems Group. "The combination of PowerQUICC III processors and
the OSE RTOS will provide a powerful communications platform to meet our
customers' bandwidth-intensive application requirements."
"Motorola has been the market leader since the introduction of the
industry's
first communications processor," said Vance Hilderman, vice president of OSE
Systems, North America. "We consider the advent of PowerQUICC III processors
to be another communications milestone and are proud to support this new
architecture from its inception. The new PowerQUICC III architecture, together
with the OSE RTOS, will provide a highly integrated, best-in-class platform
that paves the way for a new class of high-performance communications
applications."
The OSE operating system is built from the ground up for distributed,
multi-
channel, multi-function communications applications requiring the utmost in
reliability, security, and availability. Utilizing a memory management system
that takes full advantage of the PowerQUICC processor's hardware MMU, OSE
makes it easy to partition complex applications in a way that minimizes
susceptibility to both internal bugs and external hackers and viruses.
OSE's Link Handler provides a flexible, message-based communications
framework
for building distributed PowerQUICC processor-based networks using the
processor's RapidIO switched-fabric interconnect. The Link Handler's hardware-
and application-independent messaging interface makes interprocess
communications transparent to programs running on different CPUs. This
seamless interface makes it easy to create multi-processor applications that
can be readily distributed across any number of PowerQUICC processors. It also
enhances flexibility by facilitating reconfiguration without the need for
source code changes at the driver or application level.
About Motorola's PowerQUICC III Processor Architecture
The PowerQUICC III is a high-performance communications controller that
combines a PowerPC Book E e500 core, some standard peripherals, and an
optional multi-channel Communications Processor Module (CPM). The e500,
equipped with 256 kbytes of L2 cache and single-precision floating-point unit
with SIMD capability, operates at speeds of up to 1 GHz and delivers a peak
performance of up to 1850 MIPS. Standard PowerQUICC III peripherals include a
DDR SDRAM memory controller, 64-bit PCI/X/PCI controller, a RapidIO port, and
a pair of 10/100/1000 Ethernet controllers. The RISC-based CPM features three
fast serial communications controllers (FCCs), two multichannel controllers
(MCCs), four serial communications controllers (SCCs), one serial peripheral
interface (SPI) and one I2C interface.
The first members of the PowerQUICC III family are the MPC8560 and MPC8540
processors. The MPC8560 combines the basic PowerQUICC III architecture with
the CPM. The MPC8540 processor is not equipped with the CPM, but instead adds
a single 10/100 Ethernet port and a DUART. The high level of integration
offered by all PowerQUICC III products helps simplify board design and offers
significant bandwidth and performance for high-end control-plane and data-
plane applications.
About OSE Systems
OSE Systems is the technological leader of real-time operating systems
software and services for the communications market. OSE is also used in
safety-critical, high-availability, distributed and fault-tolerant
applications such as avionics, medical, automotive and industrial control.
Customers include industry leaders such as Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, Samsung,
Agere Systems, Sony and Boeing. OSE is a subsidiary of Enea Data. Enea markets
and sells services, products and training in specialized technical arenas,
including real-time application development and support for embedded systems
as well as IT and e-business solutions. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Enea
employs approximately 600 people worldwide.
For more information on OSE, please visit www.ose.com.
For more information on Enea please visit www.enea.com.
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