Power.org roadmap shown

The Power Architecture silicon roadmap has been revealed by standards group Power.org, providing information on the microprocessor plans of members such as AppliedMicro, Freescale, GDA Technologies, IBM,

IPextreme, LSI, Synopsys, Virage Logic and Xilinx.

Power.org says that Power Architecture is still leading the world in 32b microprocessors. The group is hopeing to keep things that way, while expanding its reach into 64b commercial cores on the high-end and low-power consumer-grade cores on the low end.

Source: Power.org (Click on image to enlarge.)

The Power Architecture Silicon Roadmap shows details of specific models slated to be extended, and new models to be introduced, for each company and microprocessor category, including enterprise-, access- and backbone-communications, mobile communications infrastructure, consumer gaming, high-performance computing (supercomputers) and the automotive markets.

"The Power Architecture Silicon Roadmap shows the future growth path for the Power Architecture platform and how we plan to maintain its leadership position in tomorrows connected world," said Fawzi Behmann, director of marketing at Power.org.

- R. Colin Johnson

EE Times