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Welcome to MPC5500.com This site is designed to be a resource for Freescale (Motorola) users of the new MPC5500 line of
microcontrollers. It was created on December 11th of 2005 to archive useful information and tools relating to these micros.
If you would like a link to your tool or site that is MPC5500 related send us an email using the contact link found
on the left of every page. Also if you have any documentation or code you would like us to host feel free to contact
us about that as well. We hope to provide detailed information and links for the MPC5554 and the MPC5553 shortly. Semiconductor News Toshiba eyes doubled operating profit in 3 years (Reuters) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/bs_nm/toshiba_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t080808_450x334_us_toshiba.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=huqmxrCHs9qUU9Ouh.H_6Q--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="A man looks at a computer made by Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp at a store in Tokyo April 25, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said it expects its operating profit to more than double over the next three years as it cuts costs, ramps up capacity for its semiconductors and seeks nuclear plant orders.</p><br clear="all"/> AMD Must Rebuild Momentum, Despite Customer Loyalty (PC World) - PC World - Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed... HSBC admits to losing data of 159,000 account holders (Reuters) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/bs_nm/hongkong_hsbc_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_08t071419_328x450_us_hongkong_hsbc.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=2aYSkLeN8ewQKC_ET6p8gg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="A man walks past a bronze lion statue and a HSBC advertisement outside the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong March 5, 2007. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Global banking group HSBC (0005.HK) has admitted to losing a computer server holding transaction data of 159,000 account holders in a Hong Kong branch office. The bank said in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it lost track of the server during renovation work at a Kwun Tong district branch on April 26.</p><br clear="all"/> AMD Revamps Server Roadmap, Adds Cores (PC Magazine) - PC Magazine - AMD said Wednesday that it has revamped its server and workstation processor roadmap, but has also committed to supporting the current architecture through several years. Sprint-Clearwire WiMax Effort Gets $3.2 Bil, Big Partners (Investor's Business Daily) - Investor's Business Daily - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire breathed new life into their wireless broadband alliance Wednesday, securing $3.2 billion in much-needed financing from three cable TV companies, Web search firm Google and chipmaker Intel. AMD Jumps to 12-core Chip, Skips 8-core Chip Plans (PC World) - PC World - Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans... AMD Plans 12-Core Server Chip In 2010 (TechWeb) - TechWeb - InformationWeek - The chipmaker introduced its two-year product roadmap for servers and workstations on Wednesday. South Korea's Hynix hopeful after WTO ruling on Japan tariff (AP) - AP - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea said Wednesday it expects to sell more dynamic random access memory chips in Japan after a World Trade Organization ruling. Mac Clone Offered On eBay (TechWeb) - TechWeb - InformationWeek - The unauthorized Apple desktop was flaunted with an Intel Core 2 Duo chip, 2 GB of memory, a 250-GB 7200 RPM serial ATA hard drive, and an Intel 3-D graphics chip. AMD shares jump on restructuring optimism (Reuters) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/bs_nm/amd_shares_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080506/2008_05_06t141743_450x422_us_amd_shares.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=m.TEiA3sfq5ZwmmCF6EXXw--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="An AMD 790FX chip is seen in an undated handout photo. (Advanced Micro Devices/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc shares jumped more than 12 percent on Tuesday on investor optimism that the beleaguered chipmaker could soon announce its long-awaited strategy to revamp manufacturing to cut costs.</p><br clear="all"/> Infineon up on talk of interest from Samsung, Intel (Reuters) - Reuters - Shares in Infineon (IFXGn.DE) rose more than 7 percent on Tuesday as traders cited market talk that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Intel could be interested in the German chipmaker. Intel, Samsung, TSMC Plan Shift to 450-mm Wafers (PC Magazine) - PC Magazine - Intel, Samsung and TSMC agreed Tuesday to develop 450-mm wafers for semiconductor manufacturing, timing the transition away from the current 300-mm technology in about 2012. The result should be a dramatic increase in chip output. AMD Must Double Processor Market Share to Survive (PC World) - PC World - Advanced Micro Devices needs to more than double its share of the microprocessor market to survive, according to a brief filed... Samsung, Intel, TSMC to work on next-gen chip format (Reuters) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/tc_nm/samsung_chips_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080506/2008_05_05t211558_450x296_uk_samsung_chips.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sVMK4CqyWx.dA7uqVY3Uzw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Employees of Samsung Group work at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 22, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, on Tuesday said it would cooperate with top rivals Intel and TSMC (2330.TW) to develop next-generation bigger silicon wafers to boost efficiency in chip manufacturing.</p><br clear="all"/> Chip Makers Plot Shift to Larger Silicon Wafers (PC World) - PC World - Chip makers Intel, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced Monday that they will collaborate... Japan must drop tariffs on Hynix semiconductors by Sept: WTO (AFP) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/bs_afp/japankorearegulationswtocompanyhynix"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080505/capt.cps.nca11.050508183345.photo00.photo.default-512x386.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=7wPL3RNgJKobIZtqM.A5Nw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A South Korean employee of the Hynix Semiconductor walks past a logo of the company at a branch in Seoul. Japan must drop punitive tariffs on imports of semiconductors made by South Korean firm Hynix by September 1, a World Trade Organisation arbitrator ruled Monday.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan must drop punitive tariffs on imports of semiconductors made by South Korean firm Hynix by September 1, a World Trade Organisation arbitrator ruled Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> Hynix raised DRAM prices about 15 pct in April (Reuters) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/tc_nm/hynix_dram_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080505/2008_05_05t083928_450x299_us_hynix_dram.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ygJ0y2iCb7g5EH1H9IP2Cg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An employee of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. walks behind a company logo at its headquarters in Seoul, July 20, 2006. (You Sung-Ho/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hynix Semiconductor Inc (000660.KS), the world's No. 2 memory chip maker, said on Monday it raised contract prices for computer memory chips by about 15 percent last month and expected further increases in May.</p><br clear="all"/> Tibco airs SOA plans (InfoWorld) - InfoWorld - Tibco Software plans a number of technology enhancements based on its ActiveMatrix service platform for SOA, including accommodations for IBM's WebSphere application server and the Ruby programming language. SpringSource Offers App Deployment Platform (TechWeb) - TechWeb - SpringSource Application Platform 1.0 is an open source, lightweight version of an application server and will compete with products from Oracle, IBM, and Red Hat. Sun Microsystems swings to surprising 3Q loss, shares tumble (AP) - <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_hi_te/earns_sun_microsystems"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080501/capt.5aa858a2cde34fa49ab9384db2fe6f5f.earns_sun_microsystems_caps302.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=wLW.MeuTbVzvGJai.ROOaA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this April 23, 2007 file photo, Sun Microsystems racks are seen at Sun's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. Sun Microsystems Inc. is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter financial results after the markets close Thursday, May 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. swung to a loss in the fiscal third quarter, stunning investors who were expecting a healthy profit from the server and software maker despite a weakening U.S. economy.</p><br clear="all"/> |