Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: MPC5500
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 February 2004
MCU provides flexible automotive solutions
The 32bit MPC5500 microcontroller series is ready for the automotive marketplace, and Visteon Corp is leading the way in the technology integration and application
The 32bit MPC5500 microcontroller (MCU) series is ready for the automotive marketplace, and Visteon Corp is leading the way in the technology integration and application. Visteon is a leading global tier one automotive supplier, delivering innovations and integration to global automakers. Regulatory and market forces have created increasingly stringent performance, emissions and fuel economy standards for vehicles.
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Visteon uses Motorola's microcontrollers (MCUs) to help stay at the forefront of these standards, and at the same time, enable Visteon to optimise costs and maximise flexibility.
"The semiconductor content in vehicles continues to grow year over year", said Will Strauss, President of analyst firm Forward Concepts.
"Automotive electronic systems manufacturers are requiring extremely high performance for their powertrain systems in order to control more complex engine and transmission functions, such as multipoint fuel injection and direct diesel injection.
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Sales rise for semiconductor manufacturer
Adjusting for the sales of product lines that have since been discontinued, Freescale's revenues were essentially flat compared to the prior year
Semiconductor suppliers like Motorola, the leader in powertrain microcontrollers, are responding to these requirements with more powerful, highly integrated micros".
The MPC5500 allows mechanical functions, such as knock and misfire detection, to be moved to software.
This provides Visteon the flexibility to support multiple customer requirements without additional ASIC support and will help Visteon react more quickly to changing customer requirements.
Motorola's MPC5500 family provides a migration path from the MPC500 series, addressing future automotive application requirements.
By creating this transition, Motorola helps customers preserve and leverage previous investments, helping ensure the long-term sustainability of their products based on existing MPC500 devices.
Motorola offers a comprehensive suite of hardware and software development tools for the MPC5500 family to help simplify and speed development cycles and time to market.
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