Freescale Powers Award Winning Router From Foundry Networks

When Foundry Networks’ (Nasdaq: FDRY) NetIron® XMR 32000 Core Router won "Best of Show” at Interop Tokyo 2006 earlier this year, it was great news not only for Foundry Networks, but also for Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B). The router uses Freescale’s MPC8541E PowerQUICC™ III integrated communications processors on each of its line cards and Freescale’s MPC7447A processor based on Power Architecture™ technology on its management card. "We love it when our customers win awards,” said Lynelle McKay, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Digital Systems Division. "We work hard to deliver advanced products and customer support that help ensure marketplace success for our customers. We look forward to working with Foundry Networks for years to come, because for me, the highest award we can win as a company is the continued trust of our customers." Foundry’s award winning NetIron product family provides unparalleled, wire-speed performance for IP/MPLS metro and core routing combined with advanced packet processing and traffic management capabilities. Based on robust, high availability system architectures, these routers are designed to meet the current and future needs of converged service provider networks. One of the latest additions to the NetIron router family, the XMR 32000 core router offers industry leading performance and scalability for advanced IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS service delivery. "After carefully reviewing multiple vendors’ offerings, we determined that Freescale’s integrated processor architecture was ideal for Foundry’s flagship router family,” said John Burger, vice president of hardware engineering for Foundry Networks. "Freescale’s products based on Power Architecture technology helped us develop the most compact, highest density and best performance systems on the market for our NetIron XMR Series routers. The customer support and consistent commitment to quality and delivery set Freescale apart from other options we evaluated.” The NetIron product is powered by Freescale's MPC8541E PowerQUICC™ III integrated host processor, which handles line card control and aggregation functions, and the MPC7447A, which serves as the processing engine at the heart of the router’s management card. About Freescale’s MPC8541E and MPC7447A Freescale’s MPC8541E device includes a high-performance e500 core built on Power Architecture technology operating at clock speeds scaling from 533 MHz to 1 GHz. The MPC8541E features an innovative architecture designed to reduce power consumption and provide a more balanced approach to processing. The high level of integration, including a flexible communications engine with robust protocol support, powerful security engine and DDR memory controller helps simplify board design and enhances system-level bandwidth and performance. The MPC7447A processors are ideal for leading-edge computing, embedded network control and signal processing applications. Key architectural features include 512 KB of on-chip L2 cache, a 64-bit bus interface and a full 128-bit implementation of Freescale's AltiVec® technology. By reaching speeds of 1.5 GHz, customers using the MPC7447A processors benefit from Freescale's silicon-on-insulator process technology, engineered to help deliver significant power savings without sacrificing speed. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500®, is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4 - 7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, access routers and metro routers. Foundry's 10,400 customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers and enterprises including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial, and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynetworks.com. Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. The Power Architecture and Power.org word marks and the Power and Power.org logos and related marks are trademarks and service marks licensed by Power.org. © Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2006.