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Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 25, 2002

Motorola has revealed details of its first PowerQUICC III SoC product implementation, the MPC8560.

Motorola has revealed details of its first PowerQUICC III SoC product implementation, the MPC8560.

Ideal for wired and wireless communications processing tasks, the MPC8560 PowerQUICC III delivers the PowerQUICC family's renowned integration together with performance headroom for intensive control plane processing tasks and increased forwarding plane bandwidth.

Leveraging the comprehensive PowerQUICC III SoC architecture, the MPC8560 employs a host of leading industry standards and innovative Motorola technologies - including a high-performance Book E PowerPC e500 core, an enhanced communications processor module (CPM), RapidIO interconnect technology, Motorola's OCeaN crossbar switch fabric, dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces,