Applied Micro Circuits’ 500-MHz PowerPC 440EPr incorporates floating-point support
and a Turbo Security Engine to manage
secure, high-performance network applications.
It also can handle protocols like IPsec,
STRP, and SSL. The 440EPr has dual Gig
Ethernet ports, a 32-bit PCI interface, USB
2.0 host/device with integrated PHY, and a
32-bit DDR2 memory controller. It also draws
less than 3.5 W. Pricing starts under $20. The
Sequoia eval kit includes Linux and matching
development tools.
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