Two Popular Freescale Products Nominated for 16th Annual EDN Innovation Awards; EDN Magazine Names MPC8548E PowerQUICC(TM) III Processors and MMA7260Q Acceleration Sensor as Finalists for Prestigious Industry Awards

AUSTIN, Texas--Feb. 2, 20060, 2006--Everyone loves a winner -- and a finalist, too. Two of Freescale Semiconductor's most advanced silicon solutions have been recognized as top technology innovations in 2005. EDN Magazine has chosen Freescale's MPC8548E communications processor family and MMA7260Q three-axis, low-g acceleration sensor as finalists in the publication's 16th annual Innovation of the Year awards competition.

Selected as finalists from hundreds of entries, each of these semiconductor products demonstrates a significant advance in technology and/or product development. The MPC8548E PowerQUICC(TM) III communications processors based on PowerPC(R) cores received honors in the processor category. The MMA7260Q acceleration sensor was recognized in the sensors and components category.

"We are experiencing excellent customer success with PowerQUICC III processors in a wide range of applications, from wireless infrastructure to enterprise routing, and it's also gratifying to be recognized by leading technical publications like EDN," said David Perkins, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's Networking and Computing Systems Group. "The MPC8548E family is our most advanced line of communications processors to date, and it's an honor to see it named among three finalists in the processor category of EDN's coveted Innovation of the Year awards."

"The MMA7260Q demonstrates Freescale's commitment to the sensor market," said Paul Grimme, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's Transportation and Standard Products Group. "Our acceleration sensor has proven to be very popular and is in high demand for embedded systems requiring measurement of low g forces, which can damage sensitive electronics components. Key applications range from handheld consumer appliances and industrial and healthcare monitoring applications to computer peripherals."

Through the end of this month, EDN's global audience of electronics engineers and managers will use an online ballot to help select winners from the list of finalists. EDN's editorial staff and Editorial Advisory Board will also weigh in to determine the winners. Winners will be announced at an EDN awards ceremony on April 3 in San Jose, Calif., at the Embedded Systems Conference. For details, visit: http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=InnovationAwards&year=2005

About MPC8548E communications processors

Freescale's MPC8548E PowerQUICC(TM) III communications processor family defines innovation by delivering extreme integration, gigahertz-class performance and multiple high-speed interconnects -- all within an attractive price envelope for cost-sensitive, yet computationally intensive embedded applications. The MPC8548E family features the first PowerQUICC devices based on Freescale's 90 nm SOI copper interconnect technology, enabling high performance at low power dissipation. They are also the first Freescale processors to support a combination of high-speed interconnects: Serial RapidIO(R) technology, PCI Express and four Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

About the MMA7260Q acceleration sensor

The MMA7260Q sensor is a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device designed to sense acceleration in three directions. It is the only single-package, triple-axis accelerometer of its kind in the industry. As an industry first, the MMA7260Q includes a g-select feature that ranges from 1.5g to 6g, giving designers the flexibility to select a g-force detection level to address multifunctional applications needs. This acceleration detection technology is ideal for end products or embedded systems requiring measurement of low g forces resulting from fall, tilt, motion, positioning, shock or vibration. Additional features include a sleep mode at 3 micro amps, a low operating current of 500 micro amps, a fast power-up response time of 1 ms and a small QFN package height of 1.45 mm, making the MMA7260Q ideal for the consumer electronics market, as well as industrial, medical and computing applications.

About Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). www.freescale.com

About EDN/Reed Business Information

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