PowerPC e6500

The PowerPC e6500 is a multithreaded 64-bit Power ISA-based microprocessor core from Freescale Semiconductor (now part of NXP). The e6500 core powers the entire range of T2 family and T4 family QorIQ AMP Series system on a chip (SoC) processors. Hard samples, manufactured on a 28nm process, were available in early 2012. Full production of the QorIQ T2 and T4 family SoCs were commenced in the later months of 2012.