Motorola shipping first OTP 68HC08 microcontroller; 68HC708XL36 OTP flagship enhances 8-bit system capabilities.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996--Motorola's Customer Specified Integrated Circuits (CSIC (Customer Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "c-sick." Another term for ASIC, which was coined by Motorola. Some feel this is a more accurate description of an ASIC chip. See ASIC. ) Divisions Tuesday announced the immediate availability of the 68HC708XL36 8-bit microcontroller. The one-time programmable (OTP (1) (One Time Programmable) Refers to programming content or logic into chips such as EPROMs and EEPROMs, which cannot be reversed. See antifuse. (2) (One Time P ) device is the flagship part of the 68HC08 architecture, a high-performance, cost-effective evolution of Motorola's popular 68HC05 microcontroller family. The 68HC708XL36 is designed to be fully upward object-code compatible with the extensive 68HC05 product family, allowing customers to migrate without a major reinvestment in software development. The 68HC708XL36 is the OTP version of the 68HC08XL36. Features include 36K bytes of programmable ROM; 1K byte of RAM; up to 8 MHz internal bus speed; serial communications interface Serial Communications Interface - UART (SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. ); serial peripheral interface (communications, hardware) Serial Peripheral Interface - (SPI) A serial interface in which a master device supplies clock pulses to exchanges data serially with a slave over two data wires (Master-Slave and Slave-Master). (SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. ); 16-bit, 4-channel timer interface module (TIM); three-channel direct memory access (DMA); clock generator module (CGM); security; system protection features; master reset pin and power-on reset; and 8-bit key wake-up port. The low-power circuit is designed to be fully static with stop and wait modes. The CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. 08 features an enhanced 68HC05 programming model; extensive loop control functions; 16 addressing modes (eight more than the HC05); 16-bit index register and stack pointer; memory-to-memory data transfers; fast 16/8 divide instruction; and binary-coded decimal (BCD) instructions. The 68HC708XL36 is optimized for controller applications and is supported in the "C" language. A full line of development tools is available for the 68HC708XL36, including the popular high-performance Motorola Modular Development System (MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or Microwave Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 2.2-2.4 GHz range. ), the cost-effective Motorola Modular Evaluation System (MMEVS MMEVS Motorola Modular Evaluation System ), and a universal serial programmer (SPGR08). Additionally, a full line of tool support is available from third-party vendors. The 68HC08 architecture is supported by the "7-Day CSIC" design methodology recently announced by the CSIC Microcontroller Divisions, allowing design of a microcontroller from specification to preparation for production in seven working days. "The introduction of the 68HC708XL36 is an important event for the CSIC Divisions. It heralds the beginning of a rapidly expanding portfolio of 68HC08 designs, thereby offering our customers significantly more computing power in 8-bit microcontrollers," stated Tom Marischen, CSIC Divisions marketing manager. "While we will continue to expand and enhance our 68HC05 family of products, the 68HC08 will enable us to offer our customers a migration path to higher performance and faster designs with our `7-DAY CSIC' design methodology, all at moderate cost." The 68HC708XL36 is available in a 56-pin Plastic Shrink Dual-In-Line package (SDIP See Shrink DIP and Skinny DIP. ) or 64-pin Plastic Quad Flat pack (QFP) with a Motorola suggested list of $13.25 in quantities of 1,000. The CSIC Microcontroller Divisions are business units within Motorola's Microcontroller Technologies Group, which has headquarters in Austin. Motorola is the leader in microcontroller sales worldwide with approximately 18 percent of the 1995 microcontroller market, according to an In-Stat report. With 1995 worldwide sales of $8.5 billion, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad line supplier of semiconductor solutions. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. CONTACT: Editorial Contact: Capital Relations Audrey Hodges or Tina Bradford 805/230-8208 or 805/230-8202 e-mail: audrey@caprel.com or Reader Contact: Motorola MCU Information Line 800/765-7795, ext. 858 WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. 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