For Release
January 9, 2001
Motorola Introduces the MPC7450 PowerPC Microprocessor - the Highest
Performing PowerPC Microprocessor on the Market Today
Customers benefit from high performance, unprecedented bus bandwidths,
and low power solutions provided by new PowerPC G4 microprocessor
AUSTIN, TEXAS - January 9, 2001 - Delivering supercomputing levels of
performance with revolutionary enhancements to the PowerPC™
microprocessor family, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today announced the
introduction of the MPC7450 PowerPC microprocessor with AltiVec™
technology. The MPC7450 processor, the third member of Motorola's
fourth-generation (G4) PowerPC family, is shipping now at speeds up to
733 MHz. Continuing to build on its industry leadership position,
Motorola's new PowerPC processors provide best-of-class solutions for
the networking, telecommunications, high-end embedded systems,
scientific computing, and desktop computer markets.
"Motorola's MPC7450 PowerPC microprocessor is designed to deliver high
levels of real world performance and to meet the low power needs of our
customers," commented Brian Wilkie, corporate vice president and general
manager of Motorola's Computing Platform Division. "As Motorola's
PowerPC processors continue to become more prevalent in both the
computing and embedded arenas, we are pleased to consistently offer our
customers powerful components which are engineered to enhance their
product portfolios and accelerate time to market."
"Apple's new Power Mac G4 line features a new high-performance
architecture coupled with incredibly fast new PowerPC processors running
up to 733 MHz," said Jon Rubinstein, Apple's senior vice president of
Hardware Engineering. "Apple's new G4s are perfect for professionals who
demand supercomputing performance to handle the most processor-intensive
tasks."
Designed at Motorola's Austin, Texas technology center, the MPC7450
microprocessor has an advanced, deeper, seven-stage pipeline with two
additional execution units, and an enhanced AltiVec engine. The L2 cache
has been integrated onto the die for greater speed, and a 256-bit
datapath to the L1 cache has been implemented. The MPC7450 processor
also supports a large backside L3 cache with a 64-bit datapath, and
provides multiple SRAM options. Additionally, the MPC7450 microprocessor
implements Motorola's high-bandwidth MPX system bus, capable of
achieving sustained bandwidth performance of 1064 MB/sec. which can
provide up to 5 times the bus performance over G3 generation processors.
Finally, the MPC7450 microprocessor has extensive tool support from
compiler, debugger and emulator vendors providing complete sophisticated
development environments to go hand-in-hand with Motorola's G4
architectural definition and the MPC7450 processor design.
The AltiVec vector processing engine has been expanded to dispatch two
instructions to any of the four AltiVec execution units per clock cycle.
This enhancement greatly improves vector instructions per clock
performance. Software can also be optimized to utilize the MPC7450
microprocessor's AltiVec technology to enhance performance.
The MPC7450 PowerPC microprocessor is manufactured in the HiPerMOS 6
(HiP6) 0.18-micron copper fabrication process technology, and features a
low-power design with three power-saving user-programmable modes - nap,
doze (with bus snoop) and sleep - which reduce the power drawn by the
processor.
The MPC7450 PowerPC microprocessor is shipping now at 533, 667, and 733
MHz. In addition, Motorola today introduced a speed upgrade to the
MPC7410 microprocessor at 533 MHz.
For more information about the MPC7450 PowerPC microprocessor and
additional members of Motorola's family of PowerPC microprocessors
visit: http://www.motorola.com/smartnetworks
About Motorola
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's
Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple DigitalDNA™
technologies which enable its customers to create "smart" products and
new business opportunities in the networking and computing, wireless
communications, transportation, and imaging and entertainment markets.
Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $7.4 billion (USD) in
1999.
http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors/
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated
communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in
1999 were $33.1 billion.
http://www.motorola.com
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