P3041 QorIQ Communications Processor Product Brief, Rev. 0

P3041 Features

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defining characteristic of the P3041. The ability of the cores to run different operating systems, or run

OS-less, provides the user with significant flexibility in partitioning between control, datapath, and

applications processing. It also simplifies consolidation of functions previously spread across multiple

discrete processors onto a single device.

3.4

Data Path Acceleration Architecture (DPAA) Benefits

While the four Power Architecture cores offer a major leap in available processor performance in many

throughput-intensive, packet-processing networking applications, raw processing power is not enough to

achieve multi-Gbps data rates. To address this, the P3041 uses Freescale’s Data Path Acceleration

Architecture (DPAA) (see Section 3.11, “Data Path Acceleration Architecture (DPAA)”), which

significantly reduces data plane instructions per packet, enabling more CPU cycles to work on value-added

services rather than repetitive low-level tasks. Combined with specialized accelerators for cryptography

and pattern matching, the P3041 allows the user’s software to perform complex packet processing at high

data rates.

3.5

P3041 Critical Performance Parameters

Table 1 lists key performance indicators that define a set of values used to measure P3041 operation.

Table 1. P3041 Critical Performance Parameters

Indicator

Values(s)

Top speed bin e500mc

core frequency

1.5 GHz

Maximum memory data

rates

1.3 GHz (DDR3/3L)1

• 1.5-V for DDR3

• 1.35-V for DDR3L

Notes:

1 Conforms to JEDEC standard

Local bus

• 3.3 V

• 2.5 V

•1.8 V

Operating junction

temperature range

0–105 C with the option for –40 to 105 C

Package

• 1295-pin FC-PBGA (flip-chip plastic ball grid array)

• Pin-compatible with P4040, P4080, P5010, and P5020