 | | 32-bit families provide designers more control options with on-chip LCD controller and increased USB functionality |
| In June during the annual Freescale Technology Forum, Freescale marked the 10-year anniversary of the PowerQUICC™ processor family based on PowerPC® cores, the embedded industry’s most widely used communications processor architecture. Earlier this year, a Gartner Dataquest report named Freescale the world’s No. 1 supplier of embedded processors in 2004, surpassing Intel with 28.2 percent market share. |
| Third quarter 2005 results include a $26 million pre-tax gain associated with the sale of the company’s timing solutions business and a $10 million write-down of receivables the company determined were impaired due to the bankruptcy of the U.S. subsidiaries of the Delphi Corporation. Excluding the gain on sale and the receivable write-down, sales were $1.46 billion, gross margin was 43.7 percent, and diluted earnings per share were $.35. |
| MPC7448 processors containing PowerPC cores offer exceptional performance per watt for pervasive computing and networking applications. The flexible MPC7448 processor brings new possibilities to pervasive computing applications by offering extensive compute efficiency combined with world-class power management. The MPC7448 also optimally addresses embedded networking applications, which are the bedrock of the PowerPC processor market. |
| Scalable to Hundreds of Nodes, MeshScape Offers Low-Power, Robust Wireless Solution |
| Freescale Semiconductor, the leading supplier of high-power radio frequency (RF) power transistors for 2.5G and 3G wireless base station amplifiers, achieved a milestone unparalleled in the industry: shipment of more than 10 million high-power, high-frequency RF power transistors in plastic packages. Freescale is a leader in RF power transistors for wireless infrastructure drives plastic packaging as a cost-effective alternative to metal-ceramic technology |
| Freescale announces industry’s first 90nm multi-core programmable DSPs in volume production with a quote from Motorola Cellular Networks. MSC8122 and MSC8126 DSPs based on StarCore® technology lead in low power consumption and combined performance, scaling up to 2GHz. |
| Lab to provide Linux OS and PowerPC architecture proving ground for pervasive computing projects in China’s information industry |
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