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METRO/ EDGE NETWORK PROCESSING: Overview
Keeping pace with rapidly evolving network technology presents a perplexing problem where equipment providers are challenged to increase processing performance while delivering flexible scalable solutions that meet their customers' requirements. In recent years, network processor units (NPUs) have gained in popularity because of their versatility in accomplishing this task.

METRO/ EDGE NETWORK PROCESSING: News

IDT Network Search Engines Accelerate Packet Processing in Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture Platforms

IDT has announced that it has partnered with RadiSys to provide solutions targeted at the emerging advanced telecom computing architecture (ATCA) platform.  >>  

Mailshell's Reputation Service, Spam Detection SDKs Support Cavium Networks' OCTEON Multi-Core MIPS64 Processor Family

Mailshell, provider of email reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engines for OEMs today announced the availability of email security SDKs and reputation data service for Cavium Networks'...  >>  

TranSwitch Introduces VTXP-24 Device for Next Generation MSPP and Packet ADM

TranSwitch has announced the VTXPä-24, an integral component of the company’s solution for next generation MSPPs (multi-service provisioning platforms), packet ADM (add/drop...  >>  

EZchip Technologies Delivers Samples of the NP-3 Network Processor to Customers

EZchip has announced that it is shipping samples of its NP-3, 30-Gigabit network processor. The NP-3 is a scale-up of the NP-2 network processor providing higher performance and an enhanced feature...  >>  

EZchip Brings Video Processing to the Line Card with the NP-4 Network Processor

EZchip Technologies has disclosed that its NP-4 network processor, now in design, features support for the enhanced transport of video applications.  >>  

METRO/ EDGE NETWORK PROCESSING: Semiconductor Solutions

10-Gbps Traffic Manager Solution

The value of bundling services is accelerating carrier investment in triple-play networks. Managing these (voice, video, and data) services on a common Internet protocol (IP) network leads to... [from Altera]  >>  

Network Processors

The LSI Advanced PayloadPlus® (APP) family of software-programmable network processors offers fully integrated, single-chip solutions with all the data-path and control-path functions running... [from LSI Logic]  >>  

Network Processor

The pioneer for the network processing industry, AMCC's extensive expertise includes six generations of proven network processing solutions. AMCC has held the top network processor leadership... [from AMCC]  >>  

C-Port Network Processors

The C-Port Network Processor Family includes the most integrated, flexible, and functionally-rich processors and coprocessors for implementing intelligent services for next-generation networks.... [from Freescale]  >>  

PMC-Sierra's RM5261A 64-Bit MIPS-based RISC Processor Receives Outstanding Certified Benchmark Scores

Our family of highly integrated 64-bit MIPS-basedTM RISC processors are created for today's most powerful network applications to bring complex networking designs to life. Our growing family of... [from PMC-Sierra]  >>  

Advanced Switching Interconnect (ASI)

As manufacturers continue to look for ways to decrease cost and design complexity, Advanced Switching Interconnect (ASI) is gaining increasing support by OEMs. ASI technology, based on PCI... [from IDT]  >>  

METRO/ EDGE NETWORK PROCESSING: Application Resources

The Challenge for Next Generation Network Processors

Networking hardware manufacturers face the dual demands of supporting ever increasing bandwidth requirements, while also delivering new features, such as the ability to implement Quality of Service...  >>  

Enhanced TCP/IP Performance with AltiVec

Today's high speed networks are capable of delivering data at gigabit/second rates to desktop computers and some embedded systems. This dramatic improvement is taking place both in local area...  >>  

Secure Embedded Processors - Enabling High- Performance Network Protection

The Age of Security: Over the last few decades, developers of communications systems have been faced with a market demanding higher bandwidths, higher reliability, lower cost, improved...  >>  

Aggregating LAN Traffic with TDM

The ZL50110/11/14 and ZL50118/19/20 families are a range of highly functional Circuit Emulation Services over Packet (CESoP) processors. They provide both structured and unstructured circuit...  >>  

The Value of Co-Processors

Network processing units (NPUs) provide great value to metro network equipment architectures by providing flexible and adaptable processing solutions. Memory-intensive packet searches -routing,...  >>  

Switching Devices Meet the Challenges of the Next Generation Network

Today's service providers are searching to create new, profitable data services using the existing transport network while reducing CAPEX and OPEX, and increasing efficiency. Based on the...  >>  

METRO/ EDGE NETWORK PROCESSING: Reference Designs

Xilinx Delivers Complete Virtex-5 FPGA Based Solutions for SPI-4.2 and SFI-4.1 Interfaces

Xilinx Inc. has announced complete solutions for the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) System Packet Interface (SPI) 4.2 and SerDes Framer Interface (SFI) 4.1 standards, the industry's...  >>  

Altera: Nios II Network Acceleration Reference Design

This reference design illustrates how to achieve high bandwidth network connectivity in a Nios® II soft-core processor based system. This design makes use of an accelerated networking media...  >>  

METRO/ EDGE NETWORK PROCESSING: Related Articles

OC-24/2GE Network Processor for Mobile Infrastructure

The nP3665 is an OC-24/2GE network processing and traffic management solution from AMCC. In addition to high performance packet processing and fine-grained traffic management, the nP3665 includes...  >>  

SiNett Unveils OneEdge, First and Only Purpose-Built Switch Processor

SiNett Corporation, developer of groundbreaking silicon and software for next-generation network infrastructures, today introduced the first two products in its OneEdge Switch Processor family: the...  >>  

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