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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / OCTOBER 6, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 40
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Breaking News -
Security:
Motorola Launches PowerQUICC
Processor Families
Motorola Inc has introduced two new PowerQUICC families of communications
processors that include security acceleration, answering today's market
imperative for network security. The new MPC885 PowerQUICC I and MPC8272
PowerQUICC II families with integrated security engines are designed to drive
down the cost and complexity of delivering virtual private network (VPN)
services through secure wired and wireless communications and networking
equipment.
The PowerQUICC secure communications processors leverage Motorola's
extensive
encryption technology and deep experience in secure communications. The
security engines are based on proven cores used in Motorola's popular S1
family of security co-processors. Motorola integrated these cores with the
PowerQUICC architecture to help equipment manufacturers reduce system-level
costs and simplify board layout. On-chip security also provides an economical
solution for accelerating cryptographic throughput tand eliminating encryption
bottlenecks in applications that support Internet Protocol Security (IPSec),
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and other security protocols.
The MPC885 and MPC8272 families provide cost-effective, high-performance
security and communications processing solutions for a wide range of
applications, such as VPN routers, small office/home office (SOHO) and small-
to-medium enterprise (SME) routers, residential gateways, integrated access
devices (IADs), wireless access points, network attached storage equipment and
industrial control equipment. Many of these applications are not only
cost-sensitive, but also require a high degree of integration to support
multiple modes of communications, such as Fast Ethernet, asynchronous transfer
mode (ATM), full/low-speed universal serial bus (USB), high-level data link
control (HDLC), and a variety of security algorithms and protocols.
"Integrating security functions into communications processors leads to
lower
system cost and improves system efficiency, so it is natural for Motorola to
introduce secure versions of its popular PowerQUICC communications
processors," said Sanjay Iyer, a senior analyst at The Linley Group.
"Motorola's secure PowerQUICC devices are more efficient than two-chip
solutions in moving data through crypto cores, leading to higher system
throughput. The integrated packet-processing capabilities of PowerQUICC
processors suitably complement the embedded crypto functions while still
addressing traditional communications functions. Motorola's secure PowerQUICC
processors will help eliminate the market for low-cost standalone encryption
chips."
"The increasing demand for network security is driving the widespread use
of
IPSec and other security protocols across the network, and Motorola is
addressing this need by integrating robust security engines within the
PowerQUICC communications processor architecture," said David Perkins,
corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's Networking and
Computing Systems Group. "Software encryption doesn't deliver the kind of
throughput our customers want. Our hardware-based encryption technology solves
that problem, and since this technology is integrated into a single
communications processor, we can provide security at a lower bill-of-materials
cost."
MPC885 PowerQUICC I Processor Family
The MPC885 processor family is the next-generation extension of Motorola's
popular PowerQUICC I family, offering integrated security in a cost-effective
communications processor architecture. The family supports core frequencies
scaling from 66 MHz to 120 MHz and external bus speeds of up to 80MHz. Like
all PowerQUICC I processors, the MPC885 family devices integrate two
processing blocks: an embedded 8xx PowerPC core (with an 8KB instruction cache
and an 8KB data cache) and an on-chip Communications Processor Module
(CPM).
The MPC885 family includes four devices:
- MPC885 -- Integrated security engine, ATM and HDLC via three serial
communications controllers (SCCs), two serial management controllers (SMCs),
two 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports, universal serial bus (USB) full/low-speed
compatible and an I2C interface
- MPC880 -- ATM and HDLC via two SCCs, two SMCs, two 10/100 Fast Ethernet
ports, USB and an I2C interface
- MPC875 -- Integrated security engine, HDLC via one SCC, one SMC, two
10/100
Fast Ethernet ports, USB and an I2C interface
- MPC870 -- One SMC, two 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports, USB and an I2C
interface.
The MPC885 and MPC880 devices are available in a 357-pin ball-grid array
(BGA)
package, and the MPC875 and MPC870 devices are available in a 256-pin
BGA.
MPC8272 PowerQUICC II Processor Family
Designed to reduce system-level cost, power and board space, the MPC8272
processor family offers exceptional integration with features optimized for
cost-sensitive designs. MPC8272 devices incorporate the high-performance
embedded PowerPC 603e core available in speeds of 266MHz, 300MHz and 400MHz,
with bus speeds up to 100MHz. The 603e core includes a 16KB instruction cache
and a 16KB data cache, a floating point unit, and memory management units. The
devices also feature a 200MHz, 32-bit RISC-based CPM to handle communications
tasks.
The MPC8272 family includes four devices:
- MPC8272 -- Integrated security engine, Fast Ethernet and ATM via two fast
communications controllers (FCCs), three SCCs, USB, an I2C interface and a
32-bit 33/66 MHz PCI interface
- MPC8271 -- Fast Ethernet, ATM via two FCCs, three SCCs, USB, an I2C
interface and a 32-bit 33/66 MHz PCI interface
- MPC8248 -- Integrated security engine, Fast Ethernet via two FCCs, three
SCCs, USB, an I2C interface and a 32-bit 33/66 MHz PCI interface
- MPC8247 -- Fast Ethernet via two FCCs, three SCCs, USB, an I2C interface
and a 32-bit 33/66 MHz PCI interface.
MPC8272 family devices are available in a 516-pin PBGA package and are
manufactured in Motorola's 0.13-micron process technology, enabling 1.5V core
voltage and 3.3V I/O.
About Motorola's Integrated Security Technology
Motorola's history in security technology spans more than 35 years
involving
governmental, military and commercial applications. In recent years,
Motorola's security technology has been applied to wireless handsets, wireless
infrastructure, wired Internet networks and cable set-top boxes. Motorola
brought its security technology to the commercial semiconductor market in 2000
with the introduction of its S1 security co-processor family. S1 family
devices were designed to work in tandem with PowerQUICC processors to
accelerate encryption and authentication performance in networking
applications.
The MPC885 and MPC8272 PowerQUICC families feature security engines based
on
the security processor core of the MPC185, a member of Motorola's S1 co-
coprocessor family. The integrated security engines offer the same direct-
memory access (DMA) and parallel processing capabilities available in
Motorola's security co-processors and are software compatible with the co-
processors. They also are able to perform single-pass encryption and
authentication as required by widely used security protocols such as, IPSec
and 802.11i. Both PowerQUICC families support the DES, 3DES, MD-5, SHA-1, and
AES encryption algorithms. The MPC8272 family also supports ARC-4 encryption,
Public Key acceleration and on-chip Random Number Generator (RNG)
technology.
Comprehensive Ecosystem Support
The MPC885 and MPC8272 PowerQUICC families are supported by a comprehensive
ecosystem of development tools from third-party vendors working through
Motorola's Smart Networks Alliance Program. Metrowerks, a Motorola company,
also supports the MPC885 and MPC8272 families with a wide range of development
solutions, such as low-cost reference boards, channel-ready evaluation boards,
the PowerTAP PRO ICE board bring-up tool and the CodeWarrior Development
Studio, PowerPC ISA Edition. In addition, the PowerQUICC ecosystem includes
optimized peripheral integrated circuits from Motorola, such as QUICCsupply
power management ICs and QUICCclock timing solutions.
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