QorIQ® P4080/P4040/P4081 Multicore Communications Processors

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Block Diagram

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QoriQ P4080/P4040/P4081 Block Diagram

Features

Core Complex

  • Four to eight high-performance e500mc cores up to 1.5 GHz
  • Three-level cache-hierarchy: 32 KB I/D L1, 128 KB private L2 per core, 2 MB shared L3
  • Hardware hypervisor for safe partitioning of operating systems between cores

Networking Elements

  • High-speed peripheral interfaces
    • Three PCI Express® v2.0 controllers/ports running at up to 5 GHz
    • Two Serial RapidIO® 1.2 controllers/ports running at up to 3.125 GHz

Accelerators and Memory Control

  • Dual 64-bit (72-bit with ECC) DDR2/3 memory controllers up to 1.3 GHz data rate
  • DPAA incorporating acceleration for the following functions
    • Packet parsing, classification, and distribution
    • Queue management for scheduling, packet sequencing, and congestion management
    • Hardware buffer management for buffer allocation and de-allocation
    • Encryption (SEC 4.0)
    • RegEx Pattern Matching (PME 2.0)
  • Ethernet interfaces
    • Two 10 Gbps Ethernet (XAUI) controllers
    • Eight 1 Gbps Ethernet (SGMII) controllers

Basic Peripherals and Interconnect

  • SD/MMC,
  • Two dual UARTs (DUART),
  • Four I²C,
  • Two USB 2.0 with integrated PHY
  • Enhanced local bus controller (eLBC)
  • Serial peripheral interface (SPI) controller, four I²C controllers, two dual UARTs (DUART),
  • Multicore programmable interrupt controller (PIC)
  • Two 4-channel DMA engines

Additional Features

  • Trusted boot capability to ensure only the correct code is booted and that code is not reverse-engineered
  • Pin-and software-compatible with P3041, P4040, P5010 and P5020
  • This product is included in NXP's product longevity program, with assured supply for a minimum of 10 years after launch

Part numbers include: P4040NSE7MMC, P4040NSE7PNC, P4040NSN7MMC, P4040NSN7PNAC, P4040NSN7PNC, P4040NXE7MMC, P4040NXN7MMC, P4080NSE7MMC, P4080NSE7PNAC, P4080NSE7PNC, P4080NSN7MMC, P4080NSN7PNAC, P4080NSN7PNC, P4080NXE7MMC, P4080NXE7PNAC, P4080NXN7MMC, P4081NSE7KKC, P4081NSE7MMC, P4081NSN7KKC, P4081NSN7MMC.

Comparison Table

P4040 P4081 P4080
Cores 4 8 4
Core Frequency 1200 - 1500 MHz 1000 - 1200 MHz 1200 - 1500 MHz
L2 Cache 128KB/Core 128KB/Core 128KB/Core
L3 Cache 2x 1MB Frontside 8 way cache allocation 2x 1MB Frontside 8 way cache allocation 2x 1MB Frontside 8 way cache allocation
DDR 2 x 64-bit DDR2/DDR3 2 x 64-bit DDR2/DDR3 2 x 64-bit DDR2/DDR3
GbE 8 x 1 GbE + 2 x 10 10 GbE 8 x 1 GbE + 2 x 10 10 GbE 8 x 1 GbE + 2 x 10 10 GbE
PCIe Gen 1.0 3 PCIe Controllers (x8, x4) 3 PCIe Controllers (x8, x4) 3 PCIe Controllers (x8, x4)
USB 2.0 2 2 2
sRIO 1.2 Serial x4/x1 Serial x4/x1 Serial x4/x1
Security SEC 4.0 SEC 4.0
Accelerators PME 2.0 DPAA (FMan, QMan, BMan) PME 2.0 DPAA (FMan, QMan, BMan) PME 2.0 DPAA (FMan, QMan, BMan)

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