AMCC´s PowerNP™ NPe405 family of embedded processors offer industry-leadership performance/price solutions for networking applications. The popular 405 CPU core is now available up to 266MHz to power the level of functionality needed to meet your specifications.
When your next-generation system is ready for a performance or functional boost, just plug and play. This is the inherent benefit of a scalable PowerNP architecture which is optimized for software reuse.
Highlights
Combines leadership embedded performance with networking peripherals for a wide variety of networking applications
Low power consumption makes it ideal for power-conscious, thermal-sensitive applications
Functional configurability and code compatibility to all 405 family chips helps ensure ease of use and quicker time to market
PowerPC 405 Embedded Core
200 or 266MHz CPU
Memory Management Unit
16KB instruction and 8KB data caches
Multiply-Accumulate (MAC) function, including fast multiply unit timers
JTAG and Trace debug logic
On-Chip Ethernet Support
10/100 ethernet MAC ports
NPe405H supports 4
NPe405L supports 2
Each 10/100 MAC contains 2K Tx and 4K Rx FIFOs
Medium Independent Interface (MII) to external physical layer PHY for single-drop applications
Reduced MII (RMII) and Serial MII(SMII) to external PHY for multidrop applications
Dedicated DMA channel
32-Channel HDLC Controller
Up to 32 separate Rx, Tx fullduplex channels
Implements HDLC protocol and time division multiplexing
Operates over 2 PCM Highway interfaces; up to 8Mbps for one, or 4Mbps each
