• "Sequence is fairly organized given the processor is a very complex device."
• "The topics to be covered by the course cover the important areas of the processor."
• "The instructor was quite knowledgeable. The exercises were very helpful and keeping the enthusiasm high. I learned a lot."
• "A very clear survey and summary of the major structures."
• "Instructor's understanding and patience in explaining concepts."
• "The execises were very helpful."
• "Chapter 11 - Queue Manager."
• "The instructor."
• "Interactive."

• "Examples and exercises provide some relevant experiences with respect to topics discussed."
• "Instructor was responsive to questions from the class and researched answers if he did not know the answers."
• "Exercises enhance understanding. The course book indicated reference sections. I find this to be very useful."
• "Pace was good! Details of delivery of info were good."
• "The course is comprehensive in the topics cover."
• "Right level of details."
• "The conciseness."

• "Instructor presentations were very professional and provided a good overview of the MPC8548E."
• "Overview and details were both covered."
• "Detail was handled about capacity -- optimization and efficiency. The motivation for use of the chip is central."
• "The course is comprehensive in the topics it aims to cover."
• "Course layout, documentation, examples, details of topics covered."
• " Competence of the instructor."

• "Interactive discussion and application. Brainstorming for the processor features. Tricks and lessons learned provided."
• "The discussion about various areas were very useful. We learned quite a bit ona difficult device."
• "Flexibility of the schedule. Tailoring. Instructor was very knowledgeable and patient with us."
• "Exercises & instructor alowing us to have group discussions."
• "Like top down approach. Sectoring of materials."

• "Excellent documentation. Good coverage of extensive materials."
• "Depth of Coverage."
• "Variety of presentation and exercises."

• "Overall architecture. Course contents/topics. Materials."
• "Flow of the handouts and the pointers."
• "Detailed materials ."

• "The exercises were painful at times, but helped to develop a deeper understanding."
• "Good understanding of how the 8641D works and how to configure registers, etc."
• "The layout and presentation of the materials. It was very organized and presented so that a flow could be recognized."

• "The 'big picture' explanation of concepts that Freescale does'nt include well in the manuals"
• "A good overview of thew architecture, but also enough of important details to get a sense of it."
• "The most important things were covered in the most details."
• "The exercise forced us to engage in the class and helped reinforced the materials."
• "The exercise - they helped cement the info presented. Actually seing code examples."
• "Broad coverage of the topics."
• "The instructor is patient and through".

• "Intially I thought the in class exercise assignments were a pain, but I am glad that we do them."
• "We went very deep into the core of the micro."
• " Good details of about what were covered."
• "Intructor knowledge, in-depth discussion of the e200 core, examples, Training materials well written."
• "The instructor has a great sense of humor."

• "Overall architecture. Course content/topics. materials."
• "Flow of the handouts and the pointers."
• " Detailed materials."

1. "Very interesting, directly related to work, great instructor."
2. "Exercises, instructor kept it interesting and was flexible."
3. "Gave me an understanding of how to program the chip."
4. "The instructor made the class awesome."

1. "Instructor was prepared and knowledgeable. Good course notes and manuals. Useful exercises. Instructor was very good in explaining concepts and 'decoding' the Freescale manuals."
2. "Good Instructor, good explanation of key differences between PQII Pro and PQIII. Open to questions at all times. Fast turn around in questions. Relaxed atmosphere."
3. "The examples and exercises. Instructor was easy to understand. Good pace."
4. "Pace of presentation and open discussions. Exercises."
5. "The exercises to test the knowledge."
6. "Exercise was really helpful in understanding the micro."

1. "The scope of the class is just right. A lot of material was covered. Both hardware and software is covered."
2. "I was not sure what to expect from this class. The instructor is a phenomenal presenter; very knowledgeable and could read the audience very well. The overview of the device, what I desired had the depth I would have wanted."
3. "Small class size. Informal setting. Good pacing on the topics. Willingness by instructor to tailor class to expectation of students."
4. "Flexibility - instructor was great and answered questions and allowed class discussions even when they were not exactly on topic. We could focus on items we truly cared for our current project."
5. "Doubts were cleared in time with proper explanations."
6. "Quizes were difficult but help clarify points."
7. "Programming info of MPC8548E."
8. "Adaptive."
   

1. "The exercises were good because they reinforced the content of the slides. I like the way the instructor asked questions of the group during his presentation - it really got you thinking about the materials being presented."
2. "Added discussion beyond the slides and references to the reference manual in slides."
3. "Questions that we thought of were answered. Examples and exercises. Instructor was very knowledgeable of the PPC, and kept the class interesting."
4. "Real life examples."
5. "Exercises place good tests of knowledge; instructor was knowledgeable, kept a good pace, and could extemporize well."
6. "Instructor who knows the 8270 well. He has experience using parts, not just reading the data book."
7. "Various level of discussion - High level to low level."
8. "Dynamic instructor. Easy to follow."
9. "The teaching style and the example/exercises."
10. "The homework part to confirm understanding of the topic."
11. "Intruction set overview, memory controller, Ethernet controller in the CPM, lots of examples of gotchas and surprises."
    

1. "Examples, ability to shift discussion to the group areas of interest. The instructor's ability to find obscure information from the microprocessor."
2. "Good overview of the chip."
3. "The exercises, believe it or not, I really enjoyed working on the exercises. They gave us time to reflect on what we just learned and adds to our confidence on the subject just covered."
4. "The exercises captured less than obvious aspects of the architecture, which really helped with understanding what we need to pay attention to."
   

1. "Very descriptive and in-depth. Instructor answered questions fully and very well. It was an interactive class."
2. "Proper level of detail for software. Exercises kept focus and caused greater comprehension."
3. "Intructor made the class interesting. He was helpful with questions and seemed to be enthusiastic about the subject matter."
4. "The informal setting, made for an easy environment for questions and answers."
5. "The examples that graphically described what was happening."
6. "Describing functional and operation in simple and clean ways. Exercises are very useful."
7. "Clear understandable presentation."
8. "All the programming examples."

• "Did a good job integrating with software and hardware engineers."
• "Well controlled pace and focus."
• "The partitioning/pace of every section. Detail level well designed"
• "I like how thecourse notes tied into the course as well as reference manual use."

1. "The class materials. I like the way the material what page in the reference manual."
2. "Instructor was knowledgeable and fun."
3. "The MPC55xx core architecture and instructions."
4. "The presentation and exercises."

1. "Allowing deviation from set schedule to answer topics that were important to class members."
2. "The small class. Very interactive."
3. "The instructor was good."

1. "The 'gotchas'. The notes hi-lite important aspects of set up that are easily missed."
2. "The documents - the course teaches us 'how to use the books...' "
3. "Instructor knowledge of the processor and willingness to deviate from the outlined materials to cover our areas of interests."
4. "Cross references from the study guide to Freescale manuals."
5. " The pace of class and difficulty level of most exercises."
   

1. "Through breakdown of blocks and the instructor covered the subject from essentials to specifics."
2. "Significantly helped the less knowledgeable get a better grasp of the blocks."
3. "Level of details of topics covered. Instructor's explanations. Organization. "
4. "Well organized course notes. Level of detail on the internal architecture and peripherals. Amount and depth of the course materials."
5. "Class does NOT get lost in details. Emphasized important concepts, and well. Class exercises are of appropriate complexity."
   

1. "Flexibility of presentation. Examples in course notes. References to manual in the course notes."
2. "Instructor was well informed and could answer any questions."
3. "Very knowledgeable instructor. Good pace. Many good ways to explain and demonstrate complex concepts."
4. "Covered both software apects as well as hardware concerns."
   

1. "Instructor provided thought provoking exercises, answered questions well, and did an all-around good job."
2. "Customization to our needs."
3. "The instructor's knowledge of the topics was outstanding."
4. "Covered both software apects as well as hardware concerns."
5. "Provided plenty of documentation... was flexible to our needs... good examples... excellent course notes."
   

1. "In-depth covering of e500 core, TSEC, DDR SDRAM, L2-cache and other subjects."
2. "Good documentation, well structured course , and lecturer very knowledgeable."
3. "The flow continuity, and the way concepts were introduced leading to the implementation details. Very well organized."
4. "The class was custom-tailored for our needs."
5. " Enough details and reference point for me to start working on (the) MPC8541E."
   

1. "The instructor knowledge and professional handling of the class."
2. "The easy step-by-step examples and exercises used to reinforced learning; training materials were excellent."
3. "Well orgnized in terms of various topics; Exercises were helpful in understanding details."
4. "Details, details, and details!"
   

1. "If you're using a PowerPC at your job, then it's nice to know what the processor can do, cannot do. The class gave me a better understanding of working with and programming the PowerPC."
2. "Instructor: Keep the presentation interesting, energetic and very knowledgeable; Exercises: Involved the class in participation and allowed class to apply their understanding of materials."
3. "Instructor was very competent and the course notes were excellent."
4. "Good description of the overall architecture.Exercises broke up the lectures and kept them interesting."
   
   

1. "Instructor was knowledgeable and kept class interesting. He was also willing to focus on things pertinent to our project."
2. "Good overview for software."
3. "Excellent training materials and course notes ."
   

MPC8280 PowerQUICC II In-plant: Tekelec; Morrisville, NC

What do you like best about the class (some excerpts)?

1. "In-depth discussion on ATM set-up, The step by step process on how the part should be set up."
2. "Course notes and examples, Details on PCI."
3. "Intructor knows the materials well and was able to address our questions and concerns. Good presentation skills kept the training from getting boring."
4. "Having some ideas where to find information. The obvious experience of the instructor, who was able to guide us through very detailed discussions."
   

1. "Overview first, then dives into details, then followed by a quiz or an example."
2. "The instructor is very knowledgeable. The class handout is exceptionally good. The step-by-step sessions are very useful."
3. "The material is organized."
4. "Instructor presentation is excellent, showed inter-relationship of data and structure. Everything of interest was covered."
5. "Course Notes are good!... Instructor knowledge is good!"
   

1. "Well paced to cover a good framework in limited time."
2. "Very well organized presentation... Flexibility to focus on any particular topics."
3. "The challenge quizes helped tremendously to test retention and understanding."
4. "The knowledge of the instructor."
   

1. "Good examples of real life applications"
2. "Lots of diagrams, good examples and quizes."
3. "I like the detailed discussion of the PowerPC Core and peripherals."
4. "Presentation material is pretty good. Handbooks are good reference for future use."
5. "Course Notes are good!... Instructor knowledge is good!"
   

1. "Topics and discussions were geared to our needs."
2. "Great coverage and walk-thru on exception, PPC architecture, MMU, caches, 60x bus."
3. "Exercises and application examples were very useful."
4. "Level of details just right!"
5. "Instructor knew his materials...training materials easy to comprehend."
   

1. "Thorough, instructor excellent, able to answer 98% of the questions, good slides and notes."
2. "Materials was very clearly presented. Pace was good."
3. "Fast pace, lots of examples, lots of background stuff for each topic (EABI, etc...)."
4. "The workbook had space for my notes on each page."
   
   

1. "Hard-core, no ' introduction to computers' nonsense."
2. "I like, in particular, programming model, memory accessing, caching, and exception handling topics."
3. "Very good mix of lectures and exercises."
4. "Instructor competence to address our issues."
   
   

1. "Difficult materials explained well... Good coverage of materials"
2. "I got a good understanding of PowerPC (MPC74xx) because the level was right for me."
3. "A mixture of theory and exercises... Good discussions."
4. "For a large class, I could see the class taking 1-2 extra days."
   
   

1. "Allowed brainstorming and discussion, also participated/helped with suggestions."
2. "Equal weight placed on harware and software issues."
3. "A very broad overview of the MPC56x. This was very good course for a system-level overview."
4. "Good idea to use written exercises as opposed to "hands-on". Hands-on set up takes too long."
5. "Good overview of the MPC56x. Good examples of how to use specific functionality."
6. "Lots of materials covered,... good examples,...instructor effective presentation skills,...excellent class pace, in line with class level,..."
   

1. "Great instructor. Very good materials. Exceeded my expectations."
2. "Upbeat, not dry. Good examples. Time for discusion."
3. "Good coverage of the various topics which gives general understanding needed."
4. "Informal approach to learning. "Sense of Humor" of instructor a big plus!"
   

1. "I like the way the presentations were made. They were clear and concise. The instructor was very knowledgeable and helpful."
2. "Thorough materials provided for after the class learning..."
3. "(class) exercises helped keep my attention.."
4. "The format: Top level then to lower level details..."