In summary, the industry trend is for reduced power consumption with increased performance and functionality. The Flexis QE family of high performance 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers have the unique combination of low power and high performance. Six power saving modes, clock gating, and low power peripherals have made the QE family a market leader for low power. NXP also offers design resources such as the CodeWarrior software, evaluation boards, reference designs, and application notes.