The device is a cost-effective, low-power, highly integrated host processor that addresses the requirements of several printing and imaging, consumer, and industrial applications, including main CPUs and I/O processors in printing systems, networking switches and line cards, wireless LANs (WLANs), network access servers (NAS), VPN routers, intelligent NIC, and industrial controllers. The MPC8379E extends the PowerQUICC™ family, adding higher CPU performance, additional functionality, and faster interfaces while addressing the requirements related to time-to-market, price, power consumption, and package size.
