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Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world´s largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD). Freescale is creating a smarter, better connected world. Already, there are more than 17 billion Freescale semiconductors at work all over the planet. We see a world where intelligence and connectivity are embedded everywhere. That’s the vision of more than 24,000 Freescale employees. www.freescale.com

Processor Families
ColdFire V1 based processors
Entry-level 32-bit ColdFire® embedded controllers that combine high performance and extended functionality with the flexibility of advanced Flash memory technology in a compact, inexpensive package more
Group lineup : MCF51CN
i.MX25 Processors
The i.MX25 family of multimedia applications processors extends Freescale´s ARM9™ portfolio and makes the industrial and general embedded market a key focus of i.MX with the integration of many new features. more
Group lineup : i.MX251: Applications Processor | i.MX253: Applications Processor | i.MX255: Applications Processor | i.MX257: Applications Processor | i.MX258: Applications Processor
QorIQ Communications Platforms

Your Smarter Approach to Multicore

The new Freescale QorIQ™ platforms enable the next era of networkingby offering new levels of performance, power-efficiency and programmability. They provide acoherent multicore migration solution that enables you to move to multicore with confidencewhen you need it.

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Group lineup : QorIQ P1020/P1010 | QorIQ P2020/P2010 | QorIQ™ P4080
i.MX51

The i.MX51 multimedia applications processors offer high performance processing optimized for the lowest power consumption. They feature Freescales advanced and power efficient implementation of the ARM Cortex™-A8 core, which operates at speeds up to 1GHz.

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Group lineup : i.MX515
i.MX35
Freescale ARM11™-based i.MX35 processors provide the perfect balance of performance, power consumption, connectivity, and media capabilities necessary to drive todays multimedia applications. The i.MX35 processor serves a broad range of consumer, industrial and general purpose embedded applications. more
Group lineup : i.MX351/355/356 | i.MX353/357
L-Family 08 LCD MCUs
Freescale’s new 8-bit family of LCD microcontrollers puts the squeeze on the component costs, power consumption and system complexity of your next LCD project. With ultra-low-power options and flexible segment-based LCD drivers, our L-family S08 and RS08 MCUs are the ultimate resources for simplifying and economizing your LCD design without sacrificing performance. more
Group lineup : MC9RS08LA | MC9RS08LE | MC9S08LL
Flexis AC
Freescale’s Flexis™ AC family of MCUs lets you design more cost-effective solutions into environments where electromagnetic interference has traditionally been an issue. The 8-bit MC9S08AC128 and 32-bit ColdFire® MCF51AC256 devices strike the ideal balance between price and power efficiency for appliance and industrial applications that operate in noisy environments more
Group lineup : MCF51AC | S08AC128/96 | S08AC16 | S08AC60
PowerQUICC™ III (MPC8xxx)
Freescale’s PowerQUICC™ III integrated communications processors
incorporate a wide range of advanced Freescale technologies, modular cores and peripherals. more
Group lineup : MPC8535E | MPC8536E | MPC8540-41E | MPC8544/E | MPC854x | MPC8568E | MPC8572E | MPC8610 | MPC8640 | MPC8641
Flexis JM Series
The ColdFire®-based MCF51JM128 and the S08-based MC9S08JM60 belongto the Flexis JM family. The Flexis JM family devices expand the Freescale ControllerContinuum by providing pin, peripheral and tool compatibility between 8- and 32-bit controllerswith USB functionality. By using the JM family of devices, product designers can easilyupgrade industrial or consumer applications with USB functionality to provide more control andcommunications options. The JM family offers full hardware and software solutions to get you throughthe development process quickly and easily. more
Group lineup : MC9S08JM16 | MC9S08JM60 | MCF51JM
S08D: 8-bit CAN Microcontrollers
Freescale’s S08D family offers a low cost Freescale MCU with embedded CAN. It provides an unprecedented combination of Embedded CAN, Embedded EEPROM and On-chip emulation / debug.
This highly integrated next generation family of MCUs is packed with features designed to provide increased performance as well as save power, development time, board space and cost. more
i.MX27 Multimedia Application Processor
In response to the needs of design engineers tasked with pushing the performance envelope, packing in a lot of connectivity options and providing robust security in mobile device designs, Freescale presents the i.MX27 multimedia applications processor. more
Flexis™ QE Low Power
Its time to break the tradition. In the past, bit boundaries have shaped the price, performance, and level of integration on industrial control MCUs. No more. Freescale is breaking bit boundaries to provide a path to performance from the low-end of 8-bit to the highly integrated 32-bit MCUs. more
Group lineup : MC9S08QE | MCF51QE128 | S08QE8
MPC83xx PowerQUICC II Pro
The PowerQUICC II™ Pro family of integrated communications processors is a next-generation extension of the popular PowerQUICC II line. Based on a system-on-chip (SoC) architecture, the PowerQUICC II Pro Family integrates the enhanced e300core and advanced features, such as DDR memory, Dual Gigabit Ethernet, Dual PCI and Hi-Speed USB controllers. With clock speeds scaling to 667 MHz, this family of processors offers the highest performing PowerQUICC II devices available. more
56F8XXX Digital Signal Controllers
High performance Digital Signal Controllers combining the processing power of a digital signal processor with the functionality and ease of use of a microcontroller on a single chip. more
HCS08 Application-Specific Microcontrollers
Application specific, low-cost, high-performance HCS08 Family of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs). All MCUs in this family use the enhanced HCS08 core and are available with a variety of modules, memory sizes, memory types, and package types. more
Group lineup : HCS08R | MC9S08JS16/MC9S08JS8 | S08SG
RS08 General Purpose Microcontrollers
The RS08 core is a reduced version of the S08 central processing unit (CPU) that has been specifically designed for small pin-count devices with under 16KB memory more
HCS08 General Purpose Microcontrollers
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Group lineup : HCS08AW | HCS08GB/GT | HCS08Q | HCS08QD | MC9S08LC60/36 | MC9S08QA4 | S08JM | S08LG32/16 | S08SH16/32 | S08SH4/8
ColdFire V4 based processors
The V4e is designed to provide hardware support for on-chip multiprocessing for systems requiring intensive numeric processing capabilities beyond that provided by a single processor. more
Group lineup : MCF5407 | MCF5445x | MCF547x | MCF548x
ColdFire V3 based processors

Based on ColdFire V3 core providing up to 300% more performance than the ColdFire2/2M core, while increasing the operating system frequency by less than 50%, making it an attractive solution for new designs or upgrades to existing systems. more

ColdFire V2 based processors
Cost effective 32-bit microprocessors, offering high integration, Flash, connectivity options and a broad range of peripherals. more
Group lineup : MCF5206E | MCF520X | MCF5216 | MCF521x | MCF521XX | MCF5221X | MCF5222x | MCF5223x | MCF5225X | MCF5227x | MCF523x | MCF524x | MCF5253 | MCF5270/71 | MCF5272 | MCF5274/75 | MCF528x
MAC7100 Automotive family
MAC7100 microcontrollers (MCUs) are members of a pin-compatible family of 32-bit Flash-memory-based devices developed specifically for embedded automotive applications.  more
i.MX31 and i.MX31L Multimedia Applications Processors
Accelerate your power hungry mobile applications with the i.MX31 or i.MX31L mobile entertainment applications processors. The i.MX31 and i.MX31L processors unplug multimedia, driving video and graphics to VGA 30 fps quality with power to spare to perform other tasks simultaneously.  more
i.MX21 The Smart Video Solution
The i.MX21 is the first applications processor with a built-in, low power enhanced multimedia accelerator (eMMA) hardware block, which consists of an MPEG-4 and H.263 encoder/decoder and image pre-processing and post-processing stages.  more
i.MXS and i.MXL
Freescale’s i.MX Family of applications processors drives exceptional performance and long, long battery life in a variety of wireless devices. more

VIRTUAL FTF   
Freescale Techonology Forum July 14-16, 2009
Bringing FTF to You

The Virtual Freescale Technology Forum brings the Freescale ecosystem together online to create a unique interactive environment of innovation and collaboration. It is a supplement to our existing global Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) program.

Attendees will benefit from:

  • Keynote presentations from Freescale executives and distinguished guests
  • Approximately 150 hours of technical training classes
  • Live question and answer sessions and interactive chat opportunities with Freescale presenters
  • Product demonstrations from Freescale and its ecosystem partners; includes live interaction with booth staff
  • Networking opportunities with Freescalers and other attendees
  • No registration fee or travel expenses!

Virtual FTF opens Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

Agenda
Technical Sessions
Sponsors

Low Power Microcontroller Seminars   
Balancing Design Challenges in Portable Products
Design with Freescale low power seminars
Think you know low power?

Freescale are serious about low power technology, products, and now training!

Traditionally, low power seminars didn’t teach design. Well, tradition is about to be broken. Freescale have partnered with design house Nuvation to bring you a unique low power training experience.

Don’t miss this class if you want to –

  • Reduce your power consumption, BOM cost, time–to–market
  • Increase you product differentiation and target market

Who should attend?

Design engineers looking for practical techniques for balancing the design challenges of portable product development.

An understanding of embedded system design and "C" programming is beneficial.

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Webcast   
Freescale Webcasts
Coldfire family expansion (Audio only: 9 min)
Listen to a brief audiocast from Feescale Smeiconductor introducing 10 new Coldfire products enabling USB, Ethernet and low power applications.
Flexis Overview
Listen to a short introduction to the Flexis Microcontroller series from Freescale- eeTECHbrief
ColdFire Embedded Voice Solution
Freescale has introduced an embedded VoIP reference platform solution designed to speed time to market for industrial embedded voice applications using VoIP.
Save your energy - Flexis™ Ultra-low-power 8-bit S08QE128 MC
It's ultra-low-power and an industry first—Freescale introduced the Flexis™ QE family which offers unprecedented pin, peripheral and tool compatibility between 8-bit S08 and 32-bit ColdFire V1 microcontrollers. The 8-bit MC9S08QE128 is Freescale's first S08 with 128K flash and is packed with peripherals that maximize performance while minimizing your power consumption.
MC9S08LC Family Electricity Meter Reference Design [17 min]
Freescale’s LC60 MCUs provide a system-on-chip solution that enables high segment count LCD applications while offering low-power operation, ideal for metering devices.

TECHinTEN   
Take 10 minutes ....listen to archived webcasts
USBSPYDER08 Discovery kit
You'll learn how Small, Simple and Complete this low cost solution is and how you can put your 8-bit design on the fast track
Freescale's First S08 LCD Microcontroller
Listen to a quick overview of the new Freescale microcontroller that has High segment count and is easy on batteries.




Freescale SH32



S08SH: Microcontrollers Family