Motorola Plans to Raise the Performance Bar
for Its Driver Solutions
Reveals Plan for High-Speed Family of Power PC(TM)
Based Processors to Enhance mobileGT(TM) Architecture
NURNBERG, Germany, Feb. 15 At the Embedded Systems 2001
exhibition, Motorola, the leader in worldwide automotive semiconductor market
share, today announced plans to dramatically increase the core processor
horsepower for its mobileGT(TM) architecture by late 2001. The advanced
PowerPC 603e-based family of processors, designated MGT5000, is expected to be
fully compliant with standard automotive temperature requirements of -40 to
+85 degrees C, while enabling driver information system (DIS) designs ranging
from low-end to a very high performance of 1000+ MIPS. As the core of the
mobileGT architecture, the newly announced MGT5000 family is designed to
enable tailored applications and system integration such as dynamic
navigation, wireless connectivity and Internet access, natural language speech
recognition and generation, car digital audio, virtual dashboards, multimedia
and more.
mobileGT, a Java(TM)-compliant architecture, targeted for automotive DIS,
is scaleable across a wide range of products, and can allow automobile
manufacturers to leverage a common development approach while providing
product differentiation. The first MGT5000 family processor, the MGT5100 with
326 MIPS performance, is expected to be sampling in late 2001, with production
scheduled for 2002. The MGT5000 family builds on the acceptance of the
PowerPC(TM) architecture as Motorola's 32-bit core in automotive applications.
Within two years, Motorola plans to increase the computing power of the
MGT5000 family to 1000+ MIPS, enabling the company to offer automotive
manufacturers what it believes will be the fastest processing speed combined
with a robust DIS feature set available on the market. The percent of new
cars with DIS is increasing rapidly, with an estimated 41 percent of new cars
in 2005 expected to include such driver friendly systems (Strategy Analytics,
February, 2000). The mobileGT architecture is DigitalDNA(TM) technology from
Motorola that enables DIS.
"Automotive manufacturers will increasingly need more computing power to
handle the consumers' desires for in-car information services, wireless
connectivity, messaging and productivity. Entertainment, driver-related
services such as graphics, large vocabulary speech, emergency services and
OEM/dealer functions of the future will also require increased performance,"
states Bill Pfaff, Director of Driver Information Systems, Motorola. "Our
MGT5000 family, utilizing its higher speeds and next generation integrated
enhancements is expected to enable features such as enhanced speech
capabilities, Java applications, graphics, Bluetooth(TM) technology, advanced
multimedia network interfaces, and audio codec. In addition, it is designed
to be 'future-enabled' to handle new applications. The consolidation of
features, speed, and a consistent, friendly architecture in an open
environment makes the mobileGT architecture an ideal solution."
The Motorola MGT5000 family features also include two CAN I/F, serials and
enhanced power management. Future MGT5000 family enhancements are being
planned with new DIS integration of Bluetooth(TM) technology, next generation
intelligent I/O, integrated auto network controllers, next generation power
management, high-resolution graphics and audio Codec.
Motorola is working with companies such as CUE, Object Technology
International (an IBM subsidiary), Embedded Planet, Virtual Prototypes, QNX
Software Systems and Pi Technology to further develop its mobileGT
architecture. The relationships with these companies enable features such as
driver information content, Java application development, deployment and
hardware integration, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), global positioning
systems (GPS), and an excellent operating system together in the mobileGT
architecture.
Motorola expects MGT5100 reference systems to be available by mid-2002.
Motorola's suggested list price is estimated, for the MGT5100 device, in
quantities of 10,000+, as less than $28.00.
About Motorola
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's
Semiconductor Products Sector offers multiple DigitalDNA(TM) technologies
which enable its customers to create "smart" products and new business
opportunities in the networking and computing, wireless communications,
transportation, and home networking markets. Motorola's worldwide
semiconductor sales were $7.9 billion (USD) in 2000.
http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors
Motorola, Inc. is a global leader in providing integrated
communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2000 were
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