#CHIPS: Freescale debuts 'green' digital signal controller

Greener appliances, industrial process controllers and data-center server farms are being made possible, according to Freescale Semiconductor, by its just announced MC56F82xx digital signal controller (DSC). The new greener-DSC combines a high-speed microcontroller core with digital signal processor (DSP) capabilities and pulse-width modulators with nanoscale precision. Look for more "green" alternatives to current chip designs for the foreseeable future. RColinJohnson, Kyoto Prize Fellow @NextGenLog

Freescale's MC56F82xx family takes aim at digital power conversion applications such as board-mounted digital power supplies for servers, industrial and telecom power supplies and advanced motor control.

Here is what EETimes says about DSC: Freescale designed the DSC for advanced motor control as well as for power-conversion applications in on-board digital power supplies used in telecommunications, industry and servers. Its 56900E core provides programmability with DSP capabilities and on-chip peripherals include pulse-width modulators with nanoscale placement accuracy, fast analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and embedded flash memory for algorithms.
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