NXP introduces industry’s lowest power quad-core ARM® Cortex®-A72 based processor

Eindhoven, Netherlands, March 22, 2016 – NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) today introduced the newest addition to the QorIQ processor family with the LS1046A processor, which is the industry’s lowest power quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 based device. The product combines extreme power efficiency with the QorIQ portfolio’s signature scalability and breadth.

These characteristics deliver compelling benefits for the industrial, enterprise router/switching and CPE/vCPE markets. Family-wide software and pin-to-pin compatibility make it easy for network equipment manufacturers to upgrade the performance of existing designs to meet the rapidly changing needs of today’s new virtual networks.

As traffic to the home and small office increases exponentially, the LS1046A is an ideal choice for CPE and vCPE markets, with its two 10GbE ports, outstanding CPU and packet performance and low 7W power envelope. With integrated packet processing acceleration up to 2 GHz, the QorIQ LS1046A is also well suited for high performance network, storage, security and industrial applications, including enterprise routers and switches, virtual customer premise equipment (vCPE), network-attached storage products, and service provider gateways.

Offering four times the performance of previous generation QorIQ LS1 series processors, the QorIQ LS1046A is available in a 23 x 23 mm package and is compatible with NXP’s QorIQ LS1023A, LS1043A and LS1088A SoCs, making it easy to scale performance among 64-bit ARM designs -- from dual Cortex-A53 cores through to quad Cortex-A72 core processors. Hardware and software compatibility reduces costs and speeds time-to-market, making it easy to reuse existing code and design elements.

The QorIQ LS1046A offers performance above 32,000 CoreMarks®, and integrates 10 GB Ethernet, PCIe Gen. 3, SATA 3.0, USB 3.0 and QSPI interfaces.

Key features include:

• Key features include:

  ·        FourARM Cortex-A72 cores

  ·        2 MBL2 cache

  ·        Packetprocessing acceleration

  ·        Integratedsecurity engine

  ·        ARMTrustZone® and NXP QorIQ trust architecture

  ·        Richconnectivity

  o   Two 10Gigabit Ethernet controllers

  o   One2.5 Gigabit Ethernet controller

  o   Four 1Gigabit Ethernet controllers

  o   ThreePCIe® 3.0 Controllers, x 4, x 2, x 1

  o   ThreeUSB 3.0 with integrated PHY

  o   SATA3.0 controller Quad SPI

  o   QuadSPI

  ·        Supportfor hardware-based virtualization

Availability
Initial availability for the QorIQ LS1046A is set for Q3 2016.

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About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and smart connected solutions markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has 45,000 employees in more than 35 countries and posted revenue of $6.1 billion in 2015. Find out more at www.nxp.com.


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