Overview
The QorIQ mid-performance tier, which
includes the P2020 (dual-core processor) and
P2010 (single-core processor) communications
processors, delivers high single-threaded
performance per watt for a wide variety of
applications in the networking, telecom,
military and industrial markets. These
P2 devices deliver dual- and single-core
frequencies up to 1.2 GHz on a 45 nm
technology low-power platform.
The QorIQ P2020 and P2010 dual- and
single-core products are pin compatible with
the QorIQ P1 family devices in the value-
performance tier, offering four interchangeable
cost-effective solutions. Scaling from a single-
core processor at 533 MHz (P1011) to a dual-
core processor at 1.2 GHz (P2020), the two
tiers of devices together deliver an impressive
4.5x aggregate frequency range within the
same pinout.
The P2010 and P2020 devices are software
compatible, sharing the e500 Power
Architecture® core and peripherals, as well
as being fully software compatible with the
existing PowerQUICC processors. This enables
customers to create a product with multiple
performance points from a single board
design. The P2020 and P1020 dual-core
processors support symmetric and asymmetric
multiprocessing, enabling customers to scale
performance through either thread-level or
application-level parallelism.
The P2020 and P2010 processors have an
advanced set of features for ease of use. The
optional integrated security engine supports
the cryptographic algorithms commonly used
in IPsec, SSL, 3GPP and other networking
and wireless security protocols. The 64-bit
memory controller offers future proofing against
memory technology migration with support for
both DDR2 and DDR3. It also supports error
correction codes, a baseline requirement for
any high-reliability system. Other memory types
such as flash are supported through the 16-bit
local bus, USB, SD/MMC and SPI.
The P2010 and P2020 processors integrate a
rich set of interfaces, including SerDes, Gigabit
Ethernet, PCI Express®, RapidIO® technology
and USB. The three 10/100/1000 Ethernet
ports support advanced packet parsing, flow
control and quality of service features, as well
as IEEE® 1588 time stamping.
Target Applications
The P2010 and P2020 processors serve in a
wide range of applications, notably those with
tight thermal constraints. With an available
junction temperature range of –40 °C to
+125 °C, the devices can be used in
power-sensitive defense, aerospace and
industrial applications, and less protected
outdoor environments. They enable various
combinations of data plane and control
plane workloads in networking and telecom
applications that require higher performance
but want to avoid the complexity of partitioning
the application across many cores. The
devices’ primary target applications are
networking and telecom linecards. The P2
devices, with their low power budget and high
single-threaded performance, are uniquely well-
suited for control plane applications.
QorIQ P2020/P2010 Communication Processors
2x USB 2.0
eLBC Coherent System Bus
Security
3.3
Accelerators and Memory Control Networking Elements
Core Complex (CPU and L2 Cache) Basic Peripherals and Interconnect
P2010–Single Core Only
1 GE1 GE 1 GE
4-Lane 2.5/3 GHz SerDes
TDM
SD/MMC
DUART
2x I2C
SPI, GPIO
Power Architecture®
e500-v2 Core
32 KB
D Cache 32 KB
I Cache
512 KB
Frontside
Cache
64/32-bit
DDR2/3
Memory Controller
SRIO DMA
PCIePCIe PCle
SRIO
QorIQ P2020/P2010 Communication Processors
QorIQ Communications Platforms
QorIQ P2010 and
P2020 Processors
QorIQ P1 and P2 Family Comparison Chart
Device Cores Top Core
Frequency L2
Size DDR 2/3
Support GE
Ports SerDes PCI
Express®
Serial
RapidIO® TDM
P1011 1800 MHz 256 KB 32-bit with ECC 3 4 2 N/A Yes
P1020 2800 MHz 256 KB 32-bit with ECC 3 4 2 N/A Yes
P2010 11200 MHz 512 KB 64-bit with ECC 3 4 3 2 N/A
P2020 21200 MHz 512 KB 64-bit with ECC 3 4 3 2 N/A
Control plane applications tend to be more
sequential in nature and thus lose scaling
efficiency with increasing number of threads or
cores. Both P2 devices, with their low power,
efficient dual-issue out-of-order e500 core,
Power Architecture technology and high 1.2
GHz frequency, offer a level of single-threaded
performance that is suitable for control plane
applications.
The networking linecard requires an optimal
combination of good performance to manage
a large amount of control plane traffic balanced
against low power and cost. With convenient
I/O, flexible core configurations and an
onboard security block, the P2010 and P2020
processors are well-suited for this application,
which involves controlling ASICs, managing
exceptions and routing table maintenance.
The P2010 and P2020 processors are also
well-suited for LTE and WiMAX channel card
applications. With dual-core performance in
single-core power budgets, the P2 devices
facilitate the “flattening” of the wireless
network hierarchy. The dual Serial RapidIO
interfaces allow direct connection to the DSPs
(such as the MSC8156 DSP) that implement
layer 1 processing as well as redundant
backplane connections.
Technical Specifications
• Dual (P2020) or single (P2010) high-
performance Power Architecture
e500 cores
36-bit physical addressing
Double-precision floating-point support
32 KB L1 instruction cache and 32 KB
L1 data cache for each core
800 MHz to 1.2 GHz clock frequency
• 512 KB L2 cache with ECC. Also
configurable as SRAM and stashing
memory.
• Three 10/100/1000 Mb/s enhanced three-
speed Ethernet controllers
TCP/IP acceleration and
classification capabilities
IEEE 1588 support
Lossless flow control
R/G/MII, R/TBI, SGMII
FIFO interfaces
• High-speed interfaces supporting various
multiplexing options
Four SerDes to 3.125 GHz multiplexed
across controllers
Three PCI Express interfaces
Two Serial RapidIO interfaces
Two SGMII interfaces
• High-Speed USB controller (USB 2.0)
Host and device support
Enhanced host controller interface
ULPI interface to PHY
• Enhanced secure digital host controller
(SD/MMC)
• Serial peripheral interface
• Integrated security engine (SEC 3.1)
(optional)
Crypto algorithm support includes
3DES, AES, RSA/ECC, MD5/SHA,
ARC4, Kasumi, Snow 3G and FIPS
deterministic RNG
Single pass encryption/message
authentication for common security
protocols (IPsec, SSL, SRTP, WiMAX)
XOR acceleration
• 64-bit DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM memory
controller with ECC support
• Programmable interrupt controller compliant
with OpenPIC standard
• Two four-channel DMA controllers
• Two I2C controllers, DUART, timers
• Enhanced local bus controller
• 16 general-purpose I/O signals
• Package: 689-pin wirebond power-BGA
(TEPBGA2)
Software and Tools Support
• Enea®: Real-time operating system support
• Green Hills®: Complete portfolio of software
and hardware development tools, trace
tools and real-time operating systems
• Mentor Graphics®: Commercial-grade
Linux® solution
• P2020 development system, P2020
reference design board and P2020 COM
Express development board
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