The QNX and Freescale alliance dates back to 2000 when the two companies collaborated on the mobileGT PowerPC automotive reference platform. Since then the alliance between the two companies has broadened and now encompasses segments including automotive, networking, and consumer as well as medical and military.

The companies enjoy significant joint success in their target markets. In automotive, the two companies are jointly engaged at numerous Tier 1 accounts. In the networking segment, the combination of Freescale’s industry leading communications processors and QNX’s highly scalable distributed architecture are powering some of the most advanced networking equipment available today. QNX’s state of the art multi-core processor programming capabilities, combined with Freescale’s leading multi-core communication processors products position the two companies uniquely going forward. Similarly, QNX’s advanced multi-media capabilities and Freescale’s automotive and consumer products provide a strongly compelling joint value proposition for these markets.

QNX support for Freescale hardware includes broad support for:

• PowerQUICC and Host PowerPC families
  
• MGT52xx and 51xx families
  
• i.MX family
  

Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD). www.freescale.com