QorIQ P4080 Communications Processor design in 45nm SOI

The QorIQ P4080 processor, the first product offered in the Freescale QorIQ P4 platform series, delivers industry leading performance under 30-watts. It combines eight Power Architecture™ e500mc cores — operating at frequencies up to 1.5 GHz — with high-performance datapath acceleration logic, and network and peripheral bus interfaces. The design is in 45nm SOI technology to deliver high-performance, next-generation networking services in a very low power envelope. In addition to the applications features of the P4080 Communications Processors, the design challenges associated with bringing this sophisticated product to the market will also be described.