Description

The MPC8541E is a microprocessor that integrates a PowerPC™ processor core built on Power Architecture™ technology with system logic required for networking, telecommunications, and wireless infrastructure applications. It is a member of the PowerQUICC™ III family of devices that combine system-level support for industry-standard interfaces with processors that implement the embedded category of the Power Architecture technology.

Specifications and features

• Embedded e500 Book E-compatible core
• 32-Kbyte L1 instruction cache and 32-Kbyte L1 data cache with parity protection
• Memory management unit especially designed for embedded applications
• Security Engine optimized to handle all the algorithms associated with IPSec, SSL/TLS, SRTP, IEEE Std 802.11i™, iSCSI, and IKE processing
• High-performance RISC CPM with two full-duplex fast communications controllers (FCCs) that support IEEE Std 802.3™/Fast Ethernet (10/100)
• 256 Kbytes of on-chip memory
• Eight-way set-associative cache organization (1024 sets of 32-byte cache lines)
• Dynamic power management
• Performance monitor facility

Application Scenarios

The MPC8541E is best suited for networking, telecommunications, and wireless infrastructure applications due to its embedded category of the Power Architecture technology and system-level support for industry-standard interfaces.

Comparison

• Highly secure with Security Engine optimized to handle all the algorithms associated with IPSec, SSL/TLS, SRTP, IEEE Std 802.11i™, iSCSI, and IKE processing
• Provides dynamic power management and performance monitor facility

• May not be suitable for applications beyond networking, telecommunications, and wireless infrastructure due to the embedded category of the Power Architecture technology