Motorola's MPC8220i Cuts Costs by 40 Percent for High Performance Printer and Copier Manufacturers

PowerPC®-based SoC-An Industry First for Imaging Manufacturers

AUSTIN, Texas -- June 30, 2003 -- Offering full printer controller functionality on a single chip, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) introduces the MPC8220i 32-bit embedded microprocessor - the first fully integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) with the broadest range of imaging applications specific functionality in the industry. The MPC8220i helps OEMs serving the 100 million unit per year market for printers, multifunction peripherals, digital copiers, and related products with increased processing power and reduced system development and deployment costs, while reducing product development cycle times.

An Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP), the MPC8220i gives system designers a crucial edge in the extremely competitive printer and copier markets helping reduce time-to-market by up to three years, and slashing recurring controller costs by up to 40 percent. Designs incorporating ASSPs are more cost effective to manufacture than other design alternatives in terms of circuit board unit costs and parts count. Use of an ASSP design approach also helps eliminate a broad class of fixed non-recurring engineering (NRE) and tooling expenses, such as ASIC design and mask fabrication.

The MPC8220i integrates an extensive combination of on-chip I/O enabling connectivity functions needed for intelligent network and computer-attached solutions without the need for discrete components or custom-designed ASICS. In addition, the industry standard bus interfaces on the MPC8220i provide a high degree of flexibility enabling system designers to easily add functionality such as disk drives, scanner interfaces, or special data processing units.

Processing Power to Meet Customers' Needs
The MPC8220i offers advanced integration of the super scalar PowerPC architecture and imaging-specific intellectual property (IP) for increased image processing performance. A PowerPC-based 603e core integrated with the MPC8220i's unique PF300 image coprocessor accelerates processing of both color and monochrome images. For printers and copiers, the resulting increased performance provides higher page rates, especially when operating on large raster-images such as digital photographs, scanned images, and graphic intensive Web pages. Adopting the MPC8220i provides customers already using PowerPC solutions new levels of performance and integration without the need to migrate to new architectures or to develop new code.

MPC8220i Benefits
- Integration of common peripheral devices helps to reduce printer controller parts count, development effort and time-to-market.

- Incorporation of the established PowerPC architecture helps ensure the availability of a wide range of development tools that enable the reuse of manufacturers' existing software and hardware investments.

- A fast 64-bit, on-chip bus helps improves system performance.

Integrated Product Features
- PF300 Image coprocessor for color and monochrome imaging applications

- Industry standard JBIG image compression and decompression

- Broad range of built in printer-required communications peripherals: dual 10/100 Base Ethernet, USB 2.0 full speed host and device, IEEE 1284 parallel, Serial (supports Fast IrDA and AC'97) and Integrated Video Port

- Flexible PCI bus interface enables systems designers to easily add features

- Sophisticated memory controller supporting Single and Double Data Rate SDRAM

- Power Management and Wake-up functions provided on communications peripherals for processor power saving modes

Partnering to Deliver Leading Market Expertise
WaveMark, a subsidiary of Motorola since 2000, developed the imaging specific IP: the third generation PF300 image-coprocessor and the Integrated Video Port programmable direct print engine video interface incorporated on the MPC8220i. With over 150 staff-years of experience designing and integrating embedded printer controllers, WaveMark provides Motorola's printing equipment customers with reference designs, development tools, and custom software to help them bring their products to market faster.

Tools and Support
The PowerPC MPC8220i Printer Controller Reference Design and Development Platform from WaveMark, combined with a full suite of development tools for the MPC8220i, offer printer manufactures and integrators the necessary support to develop quick-to-market printer controller solutions. The printer controller board reference design is available with Board Support Packages (BSPs) for both Linux and VxWorks®) and includes a fully functional printer controller with documentation, embedded real-time operating system ®TOS), page description language interpreters and software drivers for integrated functions. Imaging applications and systems level engineering support is available from WaveMark.

Motorola provides a comprehensive suite of MPC8220i-based hardware and software development tools to help simplify and shorten development cycles. Development tool support for the MPC8220i is also available through Metrowerks and independent development tool suppliers Abatron AG and Wind River Systems Inc.

Availability
Motorola will make MPC8220i samples available to printer and imaging OEMs in third quarter 2003. Production is scheduled for the end of fourth quarter 2003. Suggested unit list price (USD) in 10,000-piece quantities for the MPC8220i is $24.99. Printer and imaging customers should contact their Motorola sales representatives for additional product features and technical documentation.

About Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector creates DigitalDNA™ system-on-chip solutions for a connected world. Our strong focus on wireless communications and networking enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, safer and synchronized products for the person, work team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $5.0 billion (USD) in 2002. For more information please visit www.motorola.com/semiconductors.

About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important innovations that make things smarter and life better, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.

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