IBM Microelectronics today announced its PowerPC 440EP embedded processor, IBM's first 440-based standard product to include hardware support for floating-point operations, USB andflash interfaces on a single chip.

The networking and storage applications-based SOC aims to extend the PowerPC 440 family into new applications, such as imaging and industrial control, and become a growth path for PowerPC 405XX users, IBM said.

"Our strategy is to build a family of products around the PowerPC cores we develop," said Lisa Su, director of PowerPC and emerging products at IBM Microelectronics, in a statement. "With today's announcement, we continue our initiative to broaden our PowerPC offerings with unique IP for a range of applications, providing chip designers with a wide variety of options."

In addition to support for DDR memory, floating-point operations and USB, 440EP includes NAND and serial peripheral interface SPI flash support.The technology is built on IBM's 0.13-micron CMOS. IBM plans to make samples of the PowerPC 440EP available in December, with production scheduled for Q2 2004. A PowerPC 440EP reference board kit is also planned.

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