SERIOUS powerPC microcontrollers are born

[BigBrother at mail.utexas.edu]

I read this addition to the comp.sys.m68k FAQ, and thought
I'd pass it along.....

In article <motorola/68k-chips-faq_783264417 at rtfm.mit.edu> ,
boys at fis.utoronto.ca writes:
H) PowerPC Embedded Controllers
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The IBM PPC403GA is a 32 bit processor rumoured to deliver 72k Dhrystones per
second @ 33 Mhz.  It has a DMA, DRAM and I/O controllers, two-way associative
instruction and data caches, serial port and multiple timer facilities.  It
runs at 3.3 volts and interfaces with both 3.3 and 5 volt peripheral parts.
It comes in a 160 pin PQFP package and is priced at $49 @ 25 Mhz for 1000
pieces.  It is being sampled now with volume production expected by the end
of 1994 and 33 Mhz version is expected in early 1995.

The Motorola MPC505 has a floating point unit, 4 kbytes static ram, 4 Kbytes
instruction cache, 32 bit RISC processor, 32 x 32 bits general purpose
register file and 32 x 64 bits FP register file.  There are chip selects, a
watchdog timer and various I/O ports.  It comes in a 160 pin QFP package @25
Mhz and with a clock speed of 25 Mhz and uses a 3.3 volt power supply.  It
will be sampled in November 1994 and is initially priced at $75 for small
quantities.  A 144 pin package will be offered later.  Volume pricing is
expected to be $55 by 1995 and down to $25 by 1997.