Applied Micro Circuits PowerPC 405EX processor

摘要

The Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC) PowerPC 405EX processor really knocked our socks off last fall when the editorial taff were reviewing Product of the Year candidates. This 600-MHz chip has everything you need for a modern embedded system - PCIexpress, 2 GbE ports, USB 2.0 OTG, a security engine, 900+ DMIPS performance; and the 90-nm process IC takes only 1.5 W max and costs just $17. What more could you ask for?! The expert design team was led by Ms. Perrine Peresse, who moved to AMCC's Sunnyvale facility from an AMCC office on the French Riviera at Sophia-Antipolis (near Nice) in 2006. The Director of Engineering, Venky Venkatesh, and Perrine, worked hand in hand with Vero-nique Guerre, Project Manager, and Ramesh Madhira, Design Manager, to squeeze all the functions we listed above into the chip.