For Release July 27, 1998
Motorola's Newest PowerPC 750 Microprocessor Advances to 366 MHz and Reduces Power Consumption
Low 1.9 volt design is ideal for embedded, mobile and desktop applications
AUSTIN, Texas -- July 27, 1998 -- Continuing to expand its portfolio of high-performance PowerPC(tm) microprocessors, Motorola announced today the availability of 366-, 333- and 300 MHz PowerPC 750(tm) microprocessors operating at a new, low voltage.
The 366- and 333 MHz frequencies are new performance marks for the PowerPC 750 microprocessor. All three of these new 1.9 volt versions also reduce power consumption by more than half when compared to existing PowerPC 750 microprocessors at the same clock speed. This industry-leading combination of high performance and low power dissipation is ideal for a wide range of products and applications from networking and telecommunications to desktop and mobile computing.
Benefits to Customers
Digital data has quickly become the prime driver and enabler of the extraordinary growth of information traffic worldwide. In providing a new class of products and applications to support this growth, vendors must offer higher computational capabilities and, at the same time, meet customers' low power and low heat requirements. The new, low-voltage PowerPC 750 microprocessors provide this combination of top-end performance without power penalty.
Motorola has boosted the top clock speed of its PowerPC 750 microprocessor product line by more than 20 percent while also reducing power consumption. Using Motorola's advanced manufacturing process technology, the internal voltage was reduced from 2.6 volts to 1.9 volts. As a result, the new 1.9 volt 300 MHz PowerPC 750 microprocessor's typical power consumption of 3.4 watts is less than half of the 7.0 watts of the 2.6 volt version.
"Motorola's advanced manufacturing capabilities are a powerful tool for building high-performance, low-power microprocessors," said Will Swearingen, PowerPC strategic marketing manager for Motorola's Networking and Computing Systems Group. "The resulting combination of higher clock speeds and lower power will enable Motorola's latest PowerPC 750 microprocessors to help customers in multiple markets maximize system-level performance and value."
The new PowerPC 750 microprocessors at 366-, 333-, and 300 MHz are available today in 360-pin CBGA (ceramic ball grid array) packaging. The suggested unit list price at 366 MHz is $595 in quantities of 1,000. Operating at a 3.4 to 5.0 watt typical power dissipation range, the three new 1.9 volt PowerPC 750 microprocessors have 3.3v I/Os, a 32KB instruction cache, a 32KB data cache and 6.35 million transistors. The 366 MHz version achieves an estimated performance of 671 MIPS, and an estimated SPECint95 of 16.1, and SPECfp95 of 9.9. Motorola is also announcing immediate availability of its PowerPC 740 microprocessor at 300 MHz in the new lower voltage in 255-pin CBGA packaging.
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple DigitalDNA(tm) solutions which enable its customers in the consumer, networking and computing, transportation, and wireless communications markets, to create new business opportunities. Motorola's semiconductor sales were $8.0 billion (US) in 1997.
In the global marketplace Motorola also is one of the leading providers of wireless communications, advanced electronic systems, components and services. Major equipment business include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Corporate sales in 1997 were $29.8 billion (US).
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