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Major Semiconductor Report Ranks Motorola #1
n Communications Processor Market
Solidifying Its Industry Leadership, Motorola's PowerQUICCTM
Processor Family Attained Nearly 83% Market Share in 2002
SMART NETWORKS DEVELOPER FORUM, PARIS - June 5, 2003
-- While 2002 was a challenging year for the semiconductor industry, it was a good year for the PowerQUICCTM processor family from Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT). According to a report recently released by Gartner Dataquest*, the PowerQUICC family's market share reached 82.7 percent in 2002, making Motorola the continued undisputed leader in the communications processor market.
To date, Motorola has shipped more than 140 million communications processor units and has garnered over 5,000 system design wins. More than 350 customers worldwide rely on Motorola's PowerQUICC processors to provide the communications intelligence and control for a broad range of customer premises equipment (CPE), access and edge applications. PowerQUICC devices are frequently the processors of choice for digital subscriber line (DSL) modems, small office-home office (SOHO) routers, integrated access devices (IADs), remote access servers, digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAMs), central office switches and other telecom equipment, wireless infrastructure base stations, enterprise and virtual private network (VPN) routers, and media gateways for packet telephony. PowerQUICC processors are also widely used in printer, imaging and storage applications.
"This latest market share data proves that the PowerQUICC family remains the undisputed leader in communications processors, but rather than rest on our laurels, we continue to invest in the PowerQUICC architecture by delivering scalable, highly integrated processors with rich feature sets and protocol support that enable our customers to differentiate themselves and speed their products to market," said David Perkins, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's Networking and Computing Systems Group. "The PowerQUICC family's year-after-year market share leadership demonstrates that we offer a proven architecture that developers know and trust. In addition, the PowerQUICC architecture is backed by an extensive ecosystem of development tools and optimized silicon, including Motorola's latest power management ICs, timing solutions, and Gigabit Ethernet transceivers."
Motorola pioneered the communications processor market in 1989 by introducing the industry's first multi-protocol microprocessor, the MC68302 device. Throughout the 1990s, Motorola continued to deliver higher levels of system performance, peripheral integration and programmability to the communications market. The PowerQUICC family containing a PowerPC core was introduced in the mid-1990s, and Motorola launched even more powerful, feature-laden PowerQUICC IITM devices in 1998.
In 2002 - a breakthrough year for the PowerQUICC architecture - Motorola introduced higher-performance PowerQUICC I processors based on 0.18-micron process technology, as well as higher-speed, 0.13-micron PowerQUICC II processors. In July 2002, Motorola announced its next-generation PowerQUICC III processor, the first communications processor with RapidIOTM interconnect technology.
The PowerQUICC III processor's versatile system-on-chip (SoC) platform architecture is designed to enable rapid development of additional family members with integrated features and interfaces optimized for specific customer and market needs. To highlight this advanced SoC platform, Motorola is demonstrating the exceptional performance and scalability of PowerQUICC III processor-based system designs with RapidIO technology at the Smart Networks Developer Forum in Paris.
About Motorola's Smart Networks Developer Forum
Focusing on education and collaboration, Motorola's Smart Networks Developer Forum is a premier event for developers in the networking industry. SNDF features technical education sessions from Motorola and members of the Smart Networks Alliance, including topics such as programming and hardware design with Motorola's state-of-the-art microprocessors; hardware and software development including reference designs, interactive tutorials, case studies; and perspectives on future direction and strategies. Additional information can be found at: www.motorola.com/sndf
About Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector creates DigitalDNATM 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. Sales of Motorola China in 2002 were $5.7billion. For more information, please visit: www.motorola.com.cn
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