Freescale revolutionizes display-centric, real-time embedded processing
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE To meet the demands of increasingly discerning end-users, system designers need processors with the performance to run rich user interfaces without sacrificing real-time responsiveness or power efficiency, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the industry’s first applications processor to integrate an ARM Cortex-A9 processor and an ARM Cortex-M4 processor in a single chip design. This design enables enhanced flexibility, performance and low-power functionality for the company’s flagship i.MX 6 applications processor family. “Freescale has leveraged its experience and deep understanding of microcontrollers, microprocessors and heterogeneous SoC design to deliver yet another industry first,” said Rajeev Kumar, Worldwide Director of Marketing and Business Development for Freescale’s MCU business. Freescale’s i.MX 6 series of applications processors is growing quickly, particularly in the...