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Motorola, Delphi To Jointly Develop Powertrain Control Systems.

Motorola Inc. and Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. said they will develop powertrain control systems based on the PowerPC architecture to meet automotive application demands. Motorola, a supplier of microcontrollers to the automotive industry, and Delphi, plan to blend their respective technologies

to create engine management systems.

"Motorola and Delphi have a long history of successful collaboration, beginning in the mid-1970s when the two companies jointly developed the first engine control unit for the automotive industry," commented Dr. Franz Fink, general manager of Motorola's 32-bit Embedded Controller Division. "With Delphi's successful positioning across a wide range of engine control applications, we are confident this relationship will help further solidify this technology as a standard in the industry."

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