Kawasaki LSI And Internet Machines Cooperate to Bring Plug-n-Play Components to Internet Infrastructure Equipment.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. & AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001 Advanced CAMs Combine With Protocol-Independent Network Processor to Simplify Designs for OC-192 and 10G Networking Systems Kawasaki LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. , Inc. (KLSI KLSI Kuala Lumpur Syariah Index ) and Internet Machines Corporation today announced that, using their respective components, developers of OC-192 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking systems can enjoy a seamless hardware and software interface between Internet Machines' NPE NPE NullPointerException (Java) NPE Network Processing Engine NPE National Policy on Education NPE National Plastics Exposition NPE Natural Penis Enlargement NPE Nutrition Program for the Elderly 10 network processor and Kawasaki LSI's content addressable memories (CAMs). Together, the two companies plan to dramatically shorten developer time to market by as much as 18 months while extending product life cycles. Developers can also expect full software upgradeability using the two companies' complementary ICs. The combined offering from the companies will reduce system footprint and make system design significantly easier for developers of core routers and switches, metro core systems, aggregation systems, data centers, storage area networks (SANs), and other 10Gbps networking platforms. Specifically, KLSI will focus on lookup with its high-speed CAM devices, including the KE5BCCA BCCA British Columbia Cancer Agency BCCA Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce BCCA Beer Can Collectors of America BCCA British Columbia Construction Association BCCA Brewery Collectibles Club of America BCCA Blue Cross of California 4M, 4.7 Mb CAM, and Internet Machines will address processing-intensive functions such as packet parsing and classification, packet editing, and other packet processing functions through its fully programmable, highly integrated IMpower(TM) NPE10 network processor. "We believe that performance of a switch can be greatly enhanced by designing the system with our network processor in conjunction with ternary (programming) ternary - A description of an operator taking three arguments. The only common example is C's ?: operator which is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1 if CONDITION is true else EXP2. CAMs for very fast lookup of search keys to facilitate high-performance, complex packet classification," said Aloke Gupta, Internet Machines' vice-president of marketing. "By partnering, KLSI and Internet Machines can provide an optimized glueless interface between our respective components which smoothes the system development process and allows for maximum speed and system performance." Internet Machines' IMpower NPE10 is the first programmable, single chip, massively parallel network processing engine based on RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microcores and capable of performing packet processing at full duplex OC-192c rates. It offers fully software programmable fast path packet processing while maintaining wire-speed OC-192c throughput at all packet sizes in both ingress and egress See ingress. directions concurrently. Its unprecedented flexibility allows multiple protocols and services to be supported simultaneously on different subchannels. Developed with a system-centric approach, Internet Machines' IMpower(TM) family of ICs slash system time to market, yet offer programmability for customization and field upgradeability. "Performance and footprint are key factors in any network system design. The solution offered through our joint efforts will reduce the amount of board real estate required to implement network processing at 10Gbps line rates," explained Janice Ozguc, vice president of networking products at KLSI. "Using the core competencies of both KLSI and Internet Machines, the developer of networking systems will see system throughput increase by offloading the task of table lookups from the network processor to a CAM/co-processor sub-system." Part of KLSI's ongoing CAM product family, the KE5BCCA4M is just one of new, flexible KLSI devices designed for networking equipment such as Layer 2-7 switches and routers, core and edge routers, terabit routers, fiber optic switches, digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAMs), and other LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , MAN and WAN switches and routers. Packaged in a small 324-pin BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. , the KE5BCCA4M 4.7M is priced at US$98.00 each in 10,000-unit quantities available now. About Internet Machines Internet Machines is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. that offers the IMpower(TM) family of highly integrated communications ICs for OC-192c and 10 Gbps optical, metro area network and Internet infrastructure equipment. The protocol independent IMpower family consists of the NPE10 network processing engine, the TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center 10 traffic management co-processor, the SE200 switch element, and the Development Workbench software development kit. This powerful array of wire-speed, fully programmable semiconductors and software simplifies development and greatly shortens the system vendor's time to market. The ICs work together or individually to deliver a highly flexible, interoperable, and field upgradeable solution. The company is headquartered in Agoura Hills in Southern California, with design centers located in San Diego and Irvine, and sales offices in San Jose, Calif.; and Boston, Mass. (www.internetmachines.com) About Kawasaki LSI, U.S.A., Inc. Kawasaki LSI U.S.A. is the North American affiliate of Kawasaki LSI Microelectronics of Japan, based in San Jose, Calif. The company provides the product development, marketing, sales and technical support for customers in the Americas in connectivity and data communications applications (www.klsi.com) through its USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , CAM and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. product lines. |
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