ColdFire® Platforms

ColdFire® Architecture

In 1994, The innovative ColdFire Microprocessor family was added to Freescale’s legacy 68K Family tree. The ColdFire variable-length RISC 68K family architecture delivers the aggressive price and performance required by the cost-sensitive embedded market. The ColdFire core was designed for scalability, allowing developers to migrate between performance levels without significant hardware or software development.

The ColdFire Advantage -- Scalability

• All cores are 100% fully synthesizable
• Configurable
  • Generic local-memory controllers support a range of sizes
  • Choose size using compiled memory arrays
• Hierarchical architecture
  • Multiple buses provide layers of bandwidth + modularity
  • Standard internal bus structure provides simple interface
• Design-for-Test -- BIST (Built in Self Test) test methodology for memories

Visit the Coldfire homepage for detailed information regarding the standard products offered.

To learn more about the ColdFire Architectures, please move mouse over the core.

• V2 ColdFire Core
• V3 ColdFire Core: Single-Issue + Pipelined Local Bus
• V4 ColdFire Core: Limited Superscalar
• V4e ColdFire Core: Limited Superscalar
• V5 ColdFire Core: Full Superscalar

Below are the list of Freescale's ColdFire family of standard processors that can be used as a base platform for designing a custom SoC.

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