Mindspeed Introduces OC-48 Traffic Management Network Processing Solution.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 The New CX27470 Traffic Stream Processor and Firmware Deliver a Proven, Protocol-Agnostic Packet- and Cell-based Traffic Management Solution for High-Speed Data Communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. Systems Mindspeed Technologies(TM), the Internet infrastructure business of Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), today announced its protocol-agnostic, two-chip OC-48 network processor and firmware solution for packet- and cell-based traffic management. The CX27470 Traffic Stream Processor (TSP) and PortMaker software application suite is designed for edge and core routers, optical switch routers, voice gateways, IP service switches, and wireless infrastructure equipment deployed in the wide-area-network (WAN) and metropolitan-area-network (MAN). The CX27470 builds on the field-proven heritage of the Mindspeed Traffic Stream Processor family. Traffic management is the heart of the network processor feature set used in network communications systems today. Mindspeed's traffic management expertise enables the detailed Quality of Service (QoS) functions required by service providers provisioning sophisticated new applications, such as video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. on demand and other bandwidth-intensive services. The CX27470 TSP and PortMaker deliver a suite of traffic-management functions, including scheduling, shaping, policing, queuing, buffer management, congestion control
Congestion control concerns controlling traffic entry into a telecommunications network, so as to avoid congestive collapse by attempting to avoid , statistics, and alarms. The combination of the CX27470 network processor and ready-to-use firmware offers networking equipment manufacturers a complete solution for immediate application in new system designs that will enable revenue-generating services. "The traffic management function of any networking system is universally recognized as a potential bottleneck; it is essential for Quality of Service, and its proper execution is critical for wire-speed functionality of the system," said John Metz, executive vice president of Sterling Research. "One of the reasons we admire Mindspeed is their proven ability to deliver products that solve today's real-world problems, without being distracted by industry hype and losing sight of the future. For evidence, one only need look at the number of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and system designs in production today with Mindspeed network processors as the traffic management engine." "In the CX27470, we have brought all of our expertise in ATM traffic management to handle both packet- and cell-based traffic at very high speeds for a wide range of applications," said Geoff Bosket, vice president of marketing with Mindspeed's Broadband Internetworking Systems business unit. "The CX27470 is an extension of the Maker Communications' MXT (Memory eXpansion Technology) A memory expansion technique introduced by IBM in 2002 for its Intel-based xSeries servers. Using a hardware compression algorithm, MXT doubles the amount of main memory in the computer. It is also available for licensing to other vendors. 4400 Traffic Stream Processor, which has been deployed along with its companion firmware by tier-one OEMs since 1997. Today Mindspeed has more tier-one design wins than any other network processor vendor." In an International Data Corp. bulletin on network processors published in April 2001, which established Mindspeed as one of two revenue and market-share leaders, Mindspeed was ranked as the network processor vendor with the most design wins with tier-one OEMs and as one of the top three vendors based on overall design wins. Mindspeed has a total of 110 design wins, of which 43 are with tier-one customers, including Cisco, Nortel, and Lucent. (Source: "Network Processor Update: Design Win Momentum Building", IDC, April 2001.) Technical Details The CX27470 TSP is the second generation of the industry's first programmable, traffic management and internetworking engine to offer wire-speed performance for gigabit-scale packet and cell networking equipment. The protocol agnostic CX27470 TSP, with a uniprocessor architecture and multiple hardware assist engines, adapts the protocol and flow of up to 64,000 input traffic streams to managed traffic streams in an output data path. The CX27470 TSP can define traffic streams as packets or cells, allowing it to manage a wide range of asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM), packet-over-SONET (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ), frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , and multiprotocol label switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important. (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ) applications from OC-3 to OC-48. For full OC-48 operation, two CX27470 TSPs are required. Each OC-12 CX27470 processor offers POS Level 3 and UTOPIA interfaces, a 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. core speed, and 64-bit memory interfaces to support OC-48 throughput with the two-chip solution. The uniprocessor architecture and hardware assist engines and event-driven programming model with no overhead context switching makes the CX27470 TSP easy to program with low latency. PortMaker is a family of complete ready-to-use applications for the CX27470 TSP, including MPLS packet processing, POS, ATM adaptation layer 5 (AAL (ATM Adaption Layer) The part of the ATM protocol that breaks up application packets into 48-byte payloads which become ATM cells when the 5-byte headers are attached. The AAL resides between the higher layer transport protocols and the ATM layer. 5) segmentation and reassembly segmentation and reassembly - segmentation (SARing), ATM traffic shaping, policing, and operations-and-management (OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. ) cell processing. These applications are available as off-the-shelf binary code or source code for customization. Pricing and Availability The CX27470 Traffic Stream Processor is priced at $425 for each OC-48 network processor in quantities of 1,000 (order number CX27470-12). Each two-chip OC-48 solution is $850 in quantities of 1,000. Samples are available now and have been delivered to key customers. About Conexant Systems, Inc. Conexant Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in semiconductor system solutions for communications applications. Conexant leverages its expertise in mixed signal processing to deliver integrated systems and semiconductor products through two separate businesses: Mindspeed Technologies and Conexant. Mindspeed Technologies is focused on Internet infrastructure products including WAN transport, multiservice access and broadband access for applications that extend from the edge of the Internet all the way to its optical core. Conexant's personal networking business is focused on digital infotainment, personal imaging, wireless communications and personal computing products that are used in mobile communications and the broadband digital home. Conexant has headquarters in Newport Beach, and delivered revenues of $2.1 billion for fiscal 2000. The company is a member of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 indices. To learn more, visit the company at www.conexant.com or www.mindspeed.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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