>> "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: > http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=PRDCT_LONGEVITY_HM > > Furthermore, MPC74xx and MPC86xx are listed in Freescale's 'PowerQUICC and > QorIQ Processor Selector Guide': > http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/brochure/PWRARCHQIQSG.pdf > > Explanation that adds up, anybody?
Recent example of the confusion Freescale has been causing over this matter:
"The e6500 core integrates an enhanced version of the AltiVec single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) vector processing unit, which has long been available on Freescale's PowerQUICC processors" http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Freescale-AMP-QorIQ/
It's certainly not going to make more sense when Freescale's own John Dixon, Power and DSP products marketing manager, claims regarding the e6500 core:
"We also have the reintroduction of AltiVec, which is an enhanced version of our AltiVec that we had in our PowerQUICC products in our previous generations." http://videos.cache.magnify.net/60X0NG37F35BHBT2-FreescaleEmbargo0621_483_336_384x216.mp4 (at 0:57)
