Freescale Semiconductor launched its low-cost device for digital media servers deployed in the small-office / home-office (SOHO) segment on Wednesday. | |
| According to Freescale product marketing head Sunil S Kaul, the integrated device bundled with Gigabit Ethernet and advanced power management, makes an ideal platform for consumer applications like residential gateways, network access storage devices and printers. |
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| "The cost-effective device enables deployment of high-speed peripherals at affordable price point and provides a 32-bit double data rate memory controller, a 32-bit peripheral component interconnect controller, a 16-bit local bus and four direct memory access channels," Kaul added. |
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| To be shipped to electronic equipment manufacturers and application developers from the second quarter of 2007 for 10,000 chips, the made-in-India processor comes with integrated security for piracy protection, quality service and user-friendly features. |
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| The advanced processor, code-named MPC8313E, was designed, developed and validated at the company's Indian chip design centre in Noida. |
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