Motorola Announces High-Performance PowerPC Microprocessor Compilers for
Power Macintosh

AUSTIN, Texas--May 10, 1994--Motorola's RISC Microprocessor Division today
announced plans to port its optimizing PowerPC microprocessor compilers to
Apple's complete line of Power Macintosh computers. The C, C++ and FORTRAN
compilers will be fully compatible with Apple's Macintosh Programmers'
Workshop (MPW) development environment and will enable developers to
simultaneously optimize code for each member of the PowerPC family of
microprocessors, including PowerPC 601, PowerPC 603, PowerPC 604 and
PowerPC 620

"The ability to take full advantage of the PowerPC performance features of
each member of the PowerPC family is a critical aspect of Motorola's
commitment to provide a complete solution for our customers," said Les
Crudele, vice president and general manager, Motorola RISC Microprocessor
Division. "Our compilers will permit developers to leverage the
performance potential of current and future PowerPC microprocessors
without the need to recompile applications."

The compilers, which are currently being tested within Apple and at select
beta sites, have demonstrated significant performance improvements for
critical applications. Much of the performance increase is because the
Motorola compilers optimize code to take advantage of individual features
of the superscalar PowerPC microprocessors, while still maintaining code
compatibility across all PowerPC architecture family members.

The compilers can be configured to optimize code for a particular chip
implementation, or they can generate a series of objects that target
multiple PowerPC microprocessors. As a result, developers can develop
applications now that will be optimally configured for existing and future
Apple systems.

"By integrating their compiler development with the PowerPC chip design
efforts in Austin, Motorola is in a unique position to bring optimizing
compilers to market quickly for forthcoming PowerPC microprocessors," said
Peter Christy, senior director of developer products engineering at Apple
Computer, Inc. "The Motorola compilers complement the MPW compilers and
tools already available from Apple and others, and provide Macintosh
developers with a more complete set of options for creating
high-performance applications for the exciting Power Macintosh platform."

Motorola has also announced its intention to integrate its compilers into
the CodeWarrior development environment offered by Metrowerks, Inc. By
supporting both the MPW and CodeWarrior environments, users will be able
to leverage the performance advantages of the Motorola compilers without
needing to adopt a new development environment.

"The addition of Motorola's compilers to the CodeWarrior environment will
offer an immediate performance boost for those CodeWarrior developers that
are working on leadingedge applications for future implementations of
PowerPC microprocessors," said Metrowerks president and CEO Greg Galanos.
According to Galanos, Metrowerks is defining a tools and language
interface for CodeWarrior that will permit developers to use standardized
language conventions and user interfaces for a variety of development
tools.

Motorola will accept orders in July 1994 for the MPW-based compilers and
tools running native on Power Macintosh and 68000 based Macintosh systems
at an initial list price of $349. The company will offer a beta version of
the compiler for CodeWarrior in late 1994. For additional information,
customers can call (800) 845-MOTO.

PowerPC microprocessors are based on reduced instruction set computing
(RISC) and incorporate leading edge technologies from IBM and Motorola.
The family of PowerPC microprocessors is designed to address a wide range
of computing requirements, from portable and desktop computers to
mid-range workstations and servers, to multi-processing, fault-tolerant
and supercomputing systems. PowerPC microcontrollers also will be used for
embedded control applications in automotive and consumer products.
Companies developing PowerPC systems and subsystems include Apple Computer,
Canon, DayStar Digital, Ford Motor Co., Groupe Bull, Harris, Hitachi, IBM,
ISG Technologies, Mercury Computer Systems, Motorola Computer Group,
Parsytec, PowerHouse, Scientific Atlanta, Shannon Computer, Tadpole
Technologies, the Taiwan New PC Consortium, THOMSON-CSF and YARC.

Having 1993 worldwide sales of $5.7 billion, Motorola's Semiconductor
Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad line supplier of
semiconductors, with a balanced portfolio of more than 50,000 devices.
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless
communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and
services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way
radio, paging and data communications, personal communications,
automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communication
devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by
Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1993 sales were $17 billion. 

Motorola, Inc.
RISC Microprocessor Division
P.O. Box 202558
Austin, Texas 78720-9895
(800) 845-MOTO

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