Test & Measurement World - November 1, 2009

Freescale Semiconductor is addressing the processing needs of wireless broadband equipment vendors with devices such as its MSC8156, a six-core DSP based on the company’s new SC3850 StarCore technology. The high-performance, power-saving device leverages 45-nm process technology to deliver performance equivalent to that of a 6-GHz single-core device.

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