PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2006--Addressing customer needs for design flexibility and platform compatibility, Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) has unveiled a 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) family optimized for a broad range of cost-sensitive automotive body electronics applications. The family includes six devices designed to give customers flexibility in choosing different memory, package and cost options to accommodate their application requirements.

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2006--By offering significant cost savings and flexibility advantages over traditional AC power, Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology continues to gain market momentum. To meet this growing demand, Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) has introduced the MCZ34670, a single-chip PoE controller.

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2006--Broadband access equipment manufacturers now can integrate control and data path functions onto a single semiconductor device with the introduction of an advanced PowerQUICC(TM) III processor family from Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B).

MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2006--Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) has introduced a 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) designed for the next wave in automotive instrumentation clusters. The MC9S12XHZ512 MCU is the industry's first instrumentation cluster MCU featuring an integrated thin-film transistor (TFT) display drive.