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Hello Peter, Thomas, Karel,

Am 14.09.23 um 22:15 schrieb Karel Gardas:
> 
>    Hello Thomas,
> 
> On 9/14/23 21:35, Thomas DOERFLER wrote:
>> Hello Peter,
>>
>> just my two cents regarding eTPU: NXP has more or less left the 
>> PowerPC architecture and favor ARM for automotive applications.
>>
>> But the MPC5xxx controllers were developed in some sort of cooperation 
>> with ST microelectronics. And ST is still actively playing with this 
>> family. E.g. the SPC564 is still equipped with the eTPU. So the legend 
>> lives on ;-)
> 
> indeed, but even ST Micro probably plans to migrate their customers 
> slowly to their brand new ARM-based chips for automotive: Stellar 32-bit 
> Automotive MCUs [1]. Although I must add that "Longetivity" is extended 
> to 20 years for your mentioned SPC56x, whatever that means exactly...
> 
> Anyway, I'm afraid, sun is setting on PPC even in automotive business...
> 

I don't really know a lot about the eTPU. But after reading a bit about 
it, I stumbled across a presentation from ST and a company called Hycon 
(Hybrid Controls) that describes a eTPU to GTM migration (see [1]). The 
presentation seems to be part of a Bosch event focused on that GTM (see 
[2]). There has been a second event a few years later (see [3]). That 
GTM seems to be an IP core that is licensed by multiple chip vendors.

I found it in a number of the PowerPC based chips from ST. But beneath 
that, I also found it in some ARM chips from ST that have a "proposal" 
status (for example [4]). One of the presentations from Bosch from 2022 
mentions that it is implemented by Infineon, ST, Renesas and NXP.

Like I said: I don't really know the eTPU. But if there is a migration 
guide, there is a good chance, that it at least works for some cases to 
replace the eTPU.

Best regards

Christian


[1] 
http://www.bosch-semiconductors.com/media/events/techday_presentations/12_stmicroelectronics.pdf
[2] 
https://www.bosch-semiconductors.com/ip-modules/gtm-platform/gtm-techday-2017/
[3] 
https://www.bosch-semiconductors.com/ip-modules/gtm-platform/gtm-techday-2022/
[4] https://www.st.com/en/automotive-microcontrollers/sr6g7c6.html