QorIQ P Series Processors
QorIQ P1012 and P1021
Communications Processors
The QorIQ P1 family, which includes the P1012 and P1021 communications processors, offers
the value of smart integration and efficient power intelligence for a wide variety of applications
in the networking, telecom, defense and industrial markets. Based on 45 nm technology for low
power, the P1012 and P1021 processors provide single- and dual-core options, from 533 MHz–
800 MHz, along with advanced security and a rich set of interfaces.
The P1012 and P1021 processors are ideally suited for multiservice gateways, Ethernet switch
controllers, wireless LAN access points and highperformance general-purpose control processor
applications with tight thermal constraints.
The P1012 and P1021 processors are pincompatible with the QorIQ P1011, P1020 and P2
platform products, offering a six-chip range of cost-effective solutions. Scaling from a single
core at 533 MHz (P1012) to a dual core at 1.2 GHz per core (P2020), the combined QorIQ
platforms deliver an impressive 4.5x aggregate frequency range.
The P1012 and P1021 platforms are fully software compatible, both featuring the e500 Power
Architecture core and peripherals, as well as being fully software compatible with the earlier
PowerQUICC processors. This enables customers to create a product with multiple performance
points from a single board design. The QorIQ P1021 dual-core processor supports both
symmetric and asymmetric processing, enabling customers to further optimize their design with
the same applications running on each core or serialize your application using the cores for
different processing tasks.
QorIQ P1012 and P1021 Block Diagram
32 KB
L1 I Cache
Power Architecture®
e500 Core
32 KB
L1 D Cache
256 KB
L2 Cache 32 KB
L1 I Cache
Power Architecture
e500 Core
32 KB
L1 D Cache
DDR2/DDR3
SDRAM Controller
Not on P1012
Coherency Module
System Bus
4-ch. DMA
Controller
4-ch. DMA
Controller
2x PCI
Express®
On-Chip NetworkOn-Chip Network
4-lane SerDes
TDM EthernetUTOPIA-L2
Security
Acceleration
XOR DUART, 2x I2C, Timers,
Interrupt Control,
SD/MMC, SPI,
USB 2.0/ULPI
3x
Gigabit
Ethernet
Enhanced Local Bus
Controller (eLBC)
QUICC Engine
Accelerators and Memory Control Networking Elements
Core Complex (CPU, L2 and Frontside CoreNet Platform Cache) Basic Peripherals and Interconnect
QorIQ P1012 and P1021 Block Diagram
32 KB
L1 I Cache
Power Architecture®
e500 Core
32 KB
L1 D Cache
256 KB
L2 Cache 32 KB
L1 I Cache
Power Architecture
e500 Core
32 KB
L1 D Cache
DDR2/DDR3
SDRAM Controller
Not on P1012
Coherency Module
System Bus
4-ch. DMA
Controller
4-ch. DMA
Controller
2x PCI
Express®
On-Chip NetworkOn-Chip Network
4-lane SerDes
TDM EthernetUTOPIA-L2
Security
Acceleration
XOR DUART, 2x I2C, Timers,
Interrupt Control,
SD/MMC, SPI,
USB 2.0/ULPI
3x
Gigabit
Ethernet
Enhanced Local Bus
Controller (eLBC)
QUICC Engine
Accelerators and Memory Control Networking Elements
Core Complex (CPU, L2 and Frontside CoreNet Platform Cache) Basic Peripherals and Interconnect
QorIQ P1012 and P1021 Block Diagram
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Document Number: QORIQP1021FS REV 3
The P1012 and P1021 processors have an
advanced set of features for ease of use.
The 256 KB L2 cache offers incremental
configuration to partition the cache between
the two cores or to configure it as SRAM or
stashing memory.
Target Applications
The P1012 and P1021 processors serve a
wide variety of applications and are well
suited for various combinations of data plane
and control plane workloads in networking
and telecom applications. With an available
junction temperature range of –40 ºC to
+125 ºC, the devices can be used in
powersensitive defense and industrial
applications, and outdoor environments less
protected from the environment. The devices
primarily target applications such as
networking and telecom linecards.
A multiservice router or business gateway
requires a combination of high performance
and a rich set of peripherals to support the
datapath throughputs and required system
functionality. The P1012 and P1021 devices
offer a scalable platform to develop a range
of products that can support the same
feature set. The QUICC Engine module, as
well as integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
controllers with classification and QoS
capabilities, are ideal for managing the
datapath traffic between the LAN and WAN
interface. PCI Express ports can provide
connectivity to IEEE 802.11n radio cards for
wireless support, TDM for legacy phone
interfaces to support voice and the USB or
SD/MMC interfaces can be used to support
local storage. The integrated security engine
can provide encrypted secure communications
for remote users with VPN support.
Technical Specifications
• Single (P1012) and dual (P1021) 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
533 MHz–800 MHz core clock
frequency
• 256 KB L2 cache with ECC, also
configurable as SRAM and stashing
memory
• Three 10/100/1000 Mb/s enhanced three-
speed Ethernet controllers (eTSECs)
TCP/IP acceleration and classification
capabilities
IEEE 1588 support
Lossless flow control
RGMII, SGMII
• High-speed interfaces (not all available
simultaneously)
Four SerDes to 3.125 GHz
multiplexed across controllers
Two PCI Express controllers
Two SGMII interfaces
• QUICC Engine module
UTOPIA-L2
Up to two 10/100 Ethernet interfaces
Up to four T1/E1/J1/E3 or DS-3
serial interfaces
Up to four HDLC interfaces with 128
channels of HDLC
Up to four BISYNC interfaces
Up to four UART interfaces
SPI interfaces
GPIO
• High-speed USB controller (USB 2.0)
Host and device support
Enhanced host controller interface
(EHCI)
ULPI interface to PHY
• Enhanced secure digital host controller
• Serial peripheral interface
• Integrated security engine (SEC 3.3)
Crypto algorithm support includes
3DES, AES, RSA/ECC, MD5/
SHA, ARC4, Snow 3G and FIPS
deterministic RNG
Single pass encryption/message
authentication for common security
protocols (e.g., IPsec, SSL, SRTP,
WiMAX)
XOR acceleration
• 32-bit DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM memory
controller with ECC support
• Programmable interrupt controller (PIC)
compliant with OpenPIC standard
• Four-channel DMA controller
• Two I2C controllers, DUART, timers
• Enhanced local bus controller (eLBC)
• 16 general-purpose I/O signals
• Package: 689-pin wirebond power-BGA
(TEPBGA2)
QorIQ
Platform
Device Cores Top Core
Frequency
L2 Size DDR 2/3
Support
GE
Ports
QUICC
Engine
SerDes PCI Express Serial RapidIO TDM
P1 P1011 1800 MHz 256 KB 32-bit with ECC 3N/A 4 2 N/A Yes
P1 P1020 2800 MHz 256 KB 32-bit with ECC 3N/A 4 2 N/A Yes
P1 P1012 1800 MHz 256 KB 32-bit with ECC 3Yes 4 2 N/A In QUICC Engine
P1 P1021 2800 MHz 256 KB 32-bit with ECC 3Yes 4 2 N/A In QUICC Engine
P2 P2010 11200 MHz 512 KB 64-bit with ECC 3N/A 4 3 2 N/A
P2 P2020 21200 MHz 512 KB 64-bit with ECC 3N/A 4 3 2 N/A
QorIQ P1021 Features
