Freescale Semiconductor joins the Power.org Board of Directors
Freescale and IBM broaden collaboration on Power Architecture™
technology
On February 6, 2006, at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference
(ISSCC),
Freescale Semiconductor announced it has joined the
Power.org consortium, broadening the extensive Power Architecture ecosystem.
Freescale's role in Power Architecture technology goes back to the start of
the Power Architecture evolution. Collaborating with IBM, Freescale (then
part of Motorola) helped broaden the reach of Power Architecture beyond the
initial server market. As a Founder-level member of Power.org, Freescale
brings its leading position in networking, communication, and automotive to
help drive Power.org in its mission to extend the technology's market
growth.
Freescale will join IBM in forming Power.org's Power Architecture Advisory
Council (PAAC). The council will manage the architectural roadmap and
alignment for Power Architecture technology, building new levels of
extensibility and compatibility throughout the hardware developer community.
The goal is to provide a seamless, compatible instruction set architecture
designed to accommodate platforms scaling from low-cost, high-volume
consumer electronics systems to high-performance enterprise and industrial
applications.
Listen to the
podcast series
Freescale and IBM executives discuss the impact of the joint
collaboration.
- Download podcast 1 Dr. John E. Kelly,
III, IBM's Senior Vice President of Technology and Intellectual
Property, and Freescale's Chairman and CEO, Michel Mayer highlight the
announcements. [3.3 MB .mp3]
- Download podcast 2 Mike Paczan, IBM’s Chief
Technology Officer for Power.org; and Dan Bouvier, Freescale’s Director
of Advanced Processor Architecture discuss the technical aspects of the
collaboration. [4.7 MB .mp3]
Watch the announcement webcast
Dr. Kelly and Mr. Mayer, announce the new collaboration to extend Power
Architecture technology broader across the consumer-driven and networked
world.
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Linley Group Analysis
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"Freescale is a breakthrough addition
to Power.org. Freescale's experience with Power Architecture
technology complements that of existing members, and it has had a
significant role in proliferating the architecture," said Joseph
Byrne, senior analyst with The Linley Group. "With IBM and Freescale
joining together again, this time with other stakeholders, Power
Architecture technology maintains the advantage of having multiple
chip suppliers. It also gains the benefit of managed evolution." |
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