NEC Electronics VR5000 Microprocessor Enhances Cisco 7500 Series Routers; NEC MIPS RISC CPU Adds 200MHz Power to Cisco RSP4 Route/Switch Processor.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1997--NEC Electronics Inc. today announced that the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. VR5000 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. 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. microprocessor has been adopted by Cisco Systems, Inc. for its powerful Cisco 7500 series routers. The 200MHz (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. VR5000 processor is being utilized in Cisco's Route/Switch Processor 4 (RSP RSP right sacroposterior (position of the fetus). 4). According to Cisco, the new RSP4 systems can boost performance by 40 to 50 percent for most protocols, and in some cases, deliver a three-fold improvement. "The VR5000 enables the Cisco 7513 router to deliver up to 50 percent greater throughput," said Richard Palmer, director of marketing for Cisco's Core Products Business Unit. "The power this processor provides allows our customers to greatly increase routing and switching performance for their 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. and WAN applications, without significantly impacting cost." "Cisco selected the VR-Series(TM) processor for its great price/performance," said Karl Auker, senior manager of VR- Series marketing for NEC Electronics. "This design win is key to our VR-Series embedded strategy of targeting three primary areas for MIPS RISC processors: internetworking, consumer applications and office automation." The NEC Electronics VR5000 Processor The NEC Electronics VR5000 is a 200MHz, 64-bit dual-issue superscaler processor that offers high performance in embedded applications and powerful workstation-class performance for systems. The VR5000 is manufactured using NEC Electronics' advanced 0.35-micron drawn (0.27-micron effective) process. The VR5000 device is a high-performance processor in NEC's broad line of VR-Series MIPS RISC microprocessors. The VR5000 processor is capable of 480 million floating- point operations per second (MFLOPS See megaFLOPS. 1. (unit) MFLOPS - megaflops. 2. (benchmark) MFLOPS - A benchmark which attemps to estimate a system's floating-point "MFLOPS" rating for specific FADD, FSUB, FMUL and FDIV instruction mixes. C Source. Results, ftp://ftp.nosc. ), and is benchmark rated at 5.5 SPECint95 and 5.5 SPECfp95 at 200MHz. Typical applications for the VR5000 processor include internetworking devices such as routers and bridges; office automation equipment including X-stations, laser printers and copiers; and workstations. Packaging options for the VR5000 include both plastic grid array A plastic (pin) grid array is a configuration for the microprocessor socket on a computer motherboard. (PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. ) and ball grid array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. (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. ), which reduces the cost and footprint of the chip. A wide variety of embedded development tools for the VR5000 processor can be obtained through NEC and third-party providers. The VR5000 device is priced at under $250 each, in units of 10,000. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Please contact NEC Electronics representatives for current information. NEC's VR-Series Microprocessors NEC licenses the MIPS RISC technology from Silicon Graphics, Inc. -- MIPS Group. Based on this technology, NEC designs and manufactures the VR-Series of high-performance microprocessors. The company offers a broad line of MIPS-based microprocessors, including the VR4100, VR4101, VR4300, VR4400, VR5000 and VR10000. About NEC Electronics Inc. NEC Electronics Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of electronic products including ASICs, microprocessors and microcontrollers, 3D graphics accelerators, digital signal processors (DSPs), memories and components including flat panel displays. In 1996, the company ranked third in semiconductor sales in the U.S.(1) The company operates a 709,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Roseville, Calif. NEC Electronics is an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NIPNY), a $41 billion international manufacturer of computer, communications and semiconductor products. For more information about products offered by NEC Electronics Inc., please visit the NEC U.S. Website at http://www.nec.com . -0- Note to Editors: NEC, NEC Electronics Inc., VR-Series, VR4100, VR4101, VR4300, VR4400, VR5000 and VR10000 are registered trademarks or trademarks of NEC Corp. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Group, a division of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. CONTACT: NEC Electronics Jim Lucas, 408/588-6620 jim_lucas@el.nec.com or Reader Contact: Literature Hotline, 800/366-9782 (phone) or Cohn & Wolfe Michael Goldstein, 310/226-3037 michael_goldstein@yr.com |
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