For release on October 23, 2001

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Charles Mesarosh

Zephyr Engineering

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Zephyr Engineering, Inc. and Motorola to offer the ZPC.860C Motorola MPC180 Security Processor Development Board Kit for network security applications

Tempe - Zephyr Engineering, Inc., specialists in custom hardware and software design services, announced today that they will join forces with Motorola by offering the ZPC.860C Motorola MPC180 Security Processor Development Board Kit.  This kit enables software engineers to write and test software using Motorola's security processors, the MPC860 PowerQUICC, and the MPC180.

The ZPC.860C kit consists of two components, the MPC860 processor card from Micetek, and the MPC180 security processing daughter card from Zephyr. 

The MPC860 processor card functions as a self-contained, generic MPC860 resource board.  This card provides developers a flexible environment in which to build their own MPC860 system.

The MPC180 security processor enhances system performance by executing computationally intense operations that secure internet related products.  The Zephyr MPC180 daughter card connects this processor to the 860 local bus through a board to board connector.  The two are tightly coupled and run at 50 MHz.

"We are pleased to support Motorola's exciting line of security processors," said Scott Cowling, president of Zephyr Engineering. "The ZPC.860C development kit provides an environment for developers to implement their own network security applications using Motorola processors."

To further facilitate product development, the kit also includes a VxWorks board support package, drivers, and diagnostics for the MPC180.  The drivers are written in ANSI C for portability to other operating systems.

For more information on the ZPC.860C Motorola MPC180 Security Processor Development Board Kit, visit the company's web site at www.zpci.com.

About Zephyr Engineering

Zephyr Engineering, Inc., a privately held company founded in 1995, provides a wide range of custom hardware and software design services including FPGA design, coding and simulation (in both Verilog and VHDL); microcontroller hardware and firmware design; software driver design and system documentation.

Zephyr Engineering, Inc also provides turnkey contract design and manufacturing services for compactPCI and PMC boards.  From concept and schematic design, all the way through PCB layout, parts procurement, assembly and final test, Zephyr can turn your ideas into real products.

For more information on the ZPC.860C Motorola MPC180 Security Processor Development Board Kit, contact:

Zephyr Engineering, Inc

1620 West Fountainhead Parkway, Suite 320

Tempe, AZ 85282-1876

(480) 736-8714

fax: (480) 736-8322

Visit the company's web site at: www.zpci.com

Send e-mail to: info@zpci.com

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