Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: EZchip Technologies | Subject: NP-4
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 04 June 2007
Processor promises all line-card
functions in one
Network processor aims to offer system vendors a significant cost reduction by integrating all the key components of their line card into a single chip.
EZchip Technologies has outlined details of its NP-4 network processor, which is being designed in a 65nm silicon process and is scheduled to sample in 2008 The NP-4 will offer system vendors a significant cost reduction by integrating all the key components of their line card into a single chip
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Highlights of the device include: 100Gbit/s throughput for building 20, 40 and 100Gbit/s line cards for carrier Ethernet switches and routers (CESR); integrated traffic management providing granular bandwidth control to enable the delivery of triple-play services in Ethernet networks; integrated 100, 10 and 1Gbit/s Ethernet serial ports; integrated fabric interface chip (FIC) for direct connection to Ethernet switches that are used as switch fabrics while providing system-wide quality of service (QoS); the use of external memory chips based on low-cost and low-power DRAM technology; operations, administration and management (OAM) processing offload; and software compatibility with company's existing NP-2 and NP-3 network processors.
The NP-4 enables the building of next generation CE