The MCF5272VF66 is a powerful yet cost-effective device from Freescale Semiconductor's Power QUICC family of processors. The MCF5272VF66 is designed as a low-power, multi-tasking, network processor, capable of performing a wide variety of functions. It is the first Freescale processor to feature an integrated communications layer, making it an ideal platform for distributed system architectures. The MCF5272VF66 provides high performance, low power operation, and a suite of peripheral interfaces. It features a 66MHz 5272 Core with a 20Mhz bus, up to 512K of memory and up to 16Mbytes of memory expansion. It also offers a 916-pin flexible communications interface, two UARTs, two Ethernet ports, three chip selects, four general-purpose timers, two pulse-width modulators, watchdog timer, two 32-bit dual-purpose timers, A/D converter and more. The device is ideal for a wide range of high-end applications, including communications controllers, soft modem applications, networking, storage, and consumer products. The MCF5272VF66 is a low cost and highly integrated solution for system developers.