Motorola Extends M-CORE Technology Offerings with Fully Synthesizable Core for Enhanced System-on-a-Chip Development.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999--

New M210-S Core Is Targeted for Licensing and Rapid Deployment

of M-CORE Architecture Across Multiple Manufacturing Processes

Designers of embedded technologies can now enjoy rapid system development as a result of a new, fully synthesizable core introduced by Motorola Wednesday that can be reconfigured for a variety of process technologies and is adaptable to different design rules.

Driven by the demand for increased flexibility in design, test and process portability, Motorola's M-CORE Technology Center (MTC) unveiled the M210-S fully synthesizable version of its popular M-CORE architecture.

Like other cores in the M200 family, the M210-S boasts the ideal combination of code density, low power drain and performance with the same support that is available for the M210 standard version. While it offers the same high-performance characteristics as the original M-CORE design, the synthesized version tends to use slightly larger real estate and can exhibit minor speed and power variations.

The M210-S core illustrates Motorola's ongoing commitment to the M200 family of products, from the core architecture to M210 core-based system-on-chips.

"The M210-S was a direct result of Motorola's years of experience in delivering full-featured synthesized cores, and enables rapid system-on-a-chip (SOC) deployment when combined with Motorola's libraries of peripherals," said Jim Thomas, Motorola's vice president and director of the M-CORE Technology Center.

"The M210-S implementation provides an alternative solution for designers that lets them take advantage of a wide range of industry- leading tools that are also compatible with standard ASIC design flows."

The M210-S delivers the raw performance of a 32-bit RISC processor with the code size advantages of a 16-bit instruction set. The M210-S is also fully synthesizable and technology independent, permitting low-cost implementations across different process technologies with a wide range of operating frequencies and voltages.

In addition, the M210-S has architectural compatibility with the M210 core, allowing systems designers to leverage from previously developed M210 software and development tools, multiple RTOSs, and code bases. The M210-S core will be available for licensing and integration in the third quarter of 1999.

"Our strategy is to offer synthesizable cores for rapid time-to-market, licensing and prototyping, while also offering hand- packed cores optimized for low power," said Thomas.

"This way customers can decide if they want a core that takes full advantage of the M-CORE architecture's ultra-low-power design or one that is quickly deployable but still able to take advantage of the core's high code density."

About M-CORE

Quickly recognized by the embedded market as an innovative solution for many design needs since its October 1997 introduction, Motorola's ultra-low-power, microRISC M-CORE architecture boasts a multitude of design wins in the demand-driven electronics, portable, consumer, wireless, industrial and transportation markets.

The M-CORE technology combines Motorola's unparalleled technical RISC experience with its vast expertise in control-oriented applications.

Designed with optimized growth in mind, the core's inherent design features and best-of-class development tools deliver a cutting-edge solution that is ideal for a wide range of highly integrated, low-power, embedded computing applications where memory efficiency, time-to-market and system cost are critical.

About Motorola

As the world's No. 1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple DigitalDNA(tm) solutions which enable its customers to create new business opportunities in the consumer, networking-and-computing, transportation, and wireless- communications markets.

Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $7.3 billion in l998. Visit the Semiconductor Products Sector's Web site at http://mot-sps.com/cgi-bin/my-mot/moto.cgi.

Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion. Motorola's Web site is located at http://www.motorola.com/.

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