ARTESYN ANNOUNCES PROCESSORPMC PROTOCOL ENGINE BASED ON THE MPC8540

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ARTESYN ANNOUNCES PROCESSORPMC PROTOCOL ENGINE BASED ON THE MPC8540
10 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies

Artesyn Communication Products and a leading supplier of WAN infrastructure products, today announced the Pm8540, a new ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecom infrastructure applications. Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecom OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecom systems equipped with PMC or PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

The Pm8540 features two Gigabit 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet ports, which are routed to the PMC connector, and one 10/100BaseTX Ethernet port, which is routed to the module's front bezel. The Pm8540 also features up to 512 Mbytes of SDRAM, 32 Mbytes of flash memory, an I2C bus system management controller, and a four-channel DMA controller, which boosts overall performance by facilitating high-speed data movement between module resources without CPU intervention.

Freescale's MPC8540 PowerQUICC III processor provides the compute and protocol acceleration engine for the Pm8540. The MPC8540's PowerPC e500 core delivers a peak performance of 2310 MIPS at 1 GHz. The MPC8540 also features 256 kbytes of L2 cache, a DDR SDRAM memory controller, two Gigabit 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet controllers, a 10/100 Ethernet controller, a 64-bit PCI/PCI-X controller operating at speeds of up to 133 MHz, a parallel RapidIO controller, and the OCeaN non-blocking crossbar switch fabric.
"The Pm8540's versatile, high-performance PowerQUICC III processor, Gigabit Ethernet packet interface, and convenient PrPMC form factor make it an excellent packet and protocol processing engine," said Todd Wynia, vice president of marketing at Artesyn. "The Pm8540's high-performance, low-power architecture makes it ideal for adding protocol processing, signaling, and OA&M functionality to a wide range of telecom systems, including media gateways, softswitches, signaling gateways, and base station controllers."

"Artesyn has been a pioneer in developing open architecture solutions for the industry-leading PowerQUICC family," said Lynelle McKay, vice president and general manager of Freescale Semiconductor's Digital Systems Division. "Artesyn's open architecture blades and modules provide an excellent platform for developing and deploying PowerQUICC III communications processor-based network infrastructure applications."

The Pm8540's mezzanine interface complies with IEEE 1386.1, and provides a subset of the PICMG 2.15 PTMC Configuration 2 features. The Pm8540 operates from a 3.3 or 5 -Vdc power supply, consumes 11.5W typical, and operates over a 0 – 55C temperature range.

The Pm8540 complies with all major safety, EMC, environmental, and quality standards, including FCC Part 15, ICES-003 (Canada), IEC/UL/CSA 60950, EN55022, and RoHS/WEEE.

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About: Artesyn Technologies
Artesyn Technologies is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of advanced power conversion equipment and board-level computing solutions for infrastructure applications in telecommunication and data-communication systems. The company's products are sold to OEMs within four core market sectors in the communications industry - server & storage, wireless infrastructure, networking, and telecommunications. The company operates globally, with numerous design, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

Artesyn Technologies' business is organized into two operating segments: Power Group and Communication Products Group. The two groups share a strategic direction, a set of core business values and many of the same customers, but have separate operations.

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