At the International ITS 2001 exhibition, Motorola (NYSE: MOT), today introduced the MGT5100, a PowerPC processor for advanced mobileGT-based driver information systems. The MGT5100, part of the PowerPC roadmap announced in March, is engineered to be fully compliant with standard automotive temperature requirements of -40 degrees C to +85 degrees C, while enabling DIS designs, ranging from low-end to a very high performance of 326 MIPS. It utilizes the well- established 603e core, CAN technology, and the advanced SmartComm(TM) technology, an intelligent direct memory access (DMA) controller, capable of moving data between onboard peripherals and the memory buses. The MGT5100 is designed to enable tailored applications and system integration such as dynamic navigation, wireless connectivity and Internet access, natural language speech recognition and generation, car digital audio, virtual dashboards, multimedia and more.
mobileGT, a Java(TM) application-oriented architecture, targeted for automotive DIS, is scaleable across a wide range of products, and can allow automobile manufacturers to leverage a common development approach while providing product differentiation. The MGT5000 family builds on the acceptance of the PowerPC(TM) architecture as Motorola's 32-bit core in automotive applications. Within the next few years, Motorola plans to increase the computing power of the MGT5000 family to 1000+ MIPS, enabling the company to offer automotive manufacturers what it believes will be the fastest processing speed combined with a robust DIS feature set available on the market. The percent of new cars with DIS is increasing rapidly, with an estimated 41 percent of new cars in 2005 expected to include such driver friendly systems (Strategy Analytics, October, 2000). The mobileGT architecture is DigitalDNA(TM) technology from Motorola that enables DIS.
"Automotive manufacturers will increasingly need more computing power to handle the consumers' desires for in-car information services, wireless connectivity, messaging and productivity. Entertainment, driver-related services such as graphics, large vocabulary speech, emergency services and OEM/dealer functions of the future will also require increased performance," states Bill Pfaff, Director of DIS, Motorola. "Our MGT5000 family, utilizing its higher speeds and next generation integrated enhancements is expected to enable features such as enhanced speech capabilities, Java applications, graphics, Bluetooth(TM) wireless technology, advanced multimedia network interfaces, and audio codec. In addition, it is designed to be 'future-enabled' to handle new applications. The consolidation of features, speed, and a consistent, friendly architecture in an open environment makes the mobileGT architecture an ideal solution."
The Motorola MGT5000 family features also include two CAN I/F serials and enhanced power management. Future MGT5000 family enhancements are being planned with new DIS integration of Bluetooth wireless technology, next generation intelligent I/O, integrated auto network controllers, next generation power management, high-resolution graphics and audio Codec.
Motorola is working with companies such as Embedded Planet, Virtual Prototypes (a division of eNGENUITY Technologies), Fonix, HACO, Nextel, Object Technology International (an IBM subsidiary), Pi Technology, QNX Software Systems and Temic Speech Processing to further develop its mobileGT architecture. The relationships with these companies enable features such as driver information content, J2ME(TM) compatible "Java Powered(TM)" application development tools, deployment components and hardware integration, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), global positioning systems (GPSs) and an excellent operating system together in the mobileGT architecture.
Motorola expects MGT5100 reference systems to be available by mid- 2002. Motorola's suggested list price is estimated, for the MGT5100 device, in quantities of 10,000+, as less than $28.00.
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