MPC8544E Overview
This section provides a high-level overview of MPC8544E features. Figure 1 shows the major functional units within the device.

Key Features
The following list provides an overview of the device feature set:
• High-performance, 32-bit core enhanced by resources for embedded cores defined by the Power ISA, and built on Power Architecture® technology:
   — 32-Kbyte L1 instruction cache and 32-Kbyte L1 data cache with parity protection. Caches can be locked entirely or on a per-line basis, with separate locking for instructions and data.
   — Signal-processing engine (SPE) APU (auxiliary processing unit). Provides an extensive instruction set for vector (64-bit) integer and fractional operations. These instructions use both the upper and lower words of the 64-bit GPRs as they are defined by the SPE APU.
   — Double-precision floating-point APU. Provides an instruction set for double-precision (64-bit) floating-point instructions that use the 64-bit GPRs.
   — 36-bit real addressing
   — Embedded vector and scalar single-precision floating-point APUs. Provide an instruction set for single-precision (32-bit) floating-point instructions.
   — Memory management unit (MMU). Especially designed for embedded applications. Supports 4-Kbyte–4-Gbyte page sizes.
   — Enhanced hardware and software debug support
   — Performance monitor facility that is similar to, but separate from, the device performance monitor