> "AltiVec SIMD has long been recognized for its performance in the > PowerQUICC processor line" > http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=QORIQ_HOME > > AltiVec in PowerQUICC? Huh? While it's true that they present QorIQ P1 to P3 > as PowerQUICC replacements and QorIQ P4 and P5 as MPC86xx replacements > that surely doesn't make MPC86xx a PowerQUICC, does it? Are they now trying > to retroactively subsume MPC86xx (or even MPC74xx) as PowerQUICC?
Just discovered that Freescale indeed lists the MPC8610 as PowerQUICC III (while MPC864x is listed as "Host Processor") there: