SiberCore Announces Modular Plug-in Classification Solution for Intel IXDP2401, IXDP2801 and IXDP2851 Advanced Development Platforms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Intel Developer Forum Intel Developer Forum (IDF), is a twice yearly gathering of technologists to discuss Intel products and products based around Intel products. The first IDF was in 1997. There is usually a Spring IDF and a Fall IDF. 2003 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2003 TCAM (TeleCommunications Access Method) IBM communications software widely used to transfer data between mainframes and 3270 terminals. See access method. Modular Card and Software Development Kit Simplifies Design and Enhances Reuse SiberCore Technologies, a leader in providing silicon-based packet management solutions today announced availability of its 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. content addressable memory See CAM. content addressable memory - (CAM, or "associative memory") A kind of storage device which includes comparison logic with each bit of storage. A data value is broadcast to all words of storage and compared with the values there. (TCAM) classification and forwarding modular plug-in card for the Intel(R) IXDP2401, IXDP2801, and IXDP2851 advanced development platforms based on the PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. 3.x AdvancedTCA (ATCA See AdvancedTCA. ) standard, which were announced today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA. The SCTB SCTB Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish 2009 modular card, software development kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), and Feature Pack reference software provides customers with a complete solution that simplifies design, improves performance, and enhances reuse in OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192 equipment such as metro, edge and core routers and Gigabit Ethernet Enterprise LAN switches. The SCTB2009 modular card showcases the SiberCore SiberNPA solution which includes the latest SiberCAM Ultra-9M TCAM (SCT Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) A tumor occurring at the base of the fetus's tailbone. Mentioned in: Prenatal Surgery 9022), providing 9Mb of table storage capacity, the SiberGateway, a Field Programmable Gate Array See FPGA. (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ) with unique programming capabilities, and 16Mb of associated and indirection Not direct. Indirection provides a way of accessing instructions, routines and objects when their physical location is constantly changing. The initial routine points to some place, and, using hardware and/or software, that place points to some other place. data SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory for context data storage. The card is supplied with SiberCore's SDK, which includes a cycle-accurate Foreign Object Model (FOM) for the Intel(R) IXA Software Development Kit (Intel(R)IXA SDK 3.1), as well as simulation software and graphical system analysis tools for bus efficiency and power consumption. The SCTB2009 modular card plugs directly onto both the Intel IXDP2401 and IXDP2801 baseboard base·board n. A molding that conceals the joint between an interior wall and the floor. Also called mopboard. Noun 1. through the QDR SRAM/Network Processing Forum LA-1 interface. The SCTB2009 is also backwards compatible and will plug directly onto the current Intel (R) IXDP2400 development platform. "The Intel advanced development platforms use a modular architecture and are based on open standards, such as ATCA, which provides our customers with the maximum flexibility to incorporate products from members of the Intel(R) Communications Alliance, such as the SiberCore product line," said Doug Davis, general manager, Intel Network Processor Division. "Intel values the commitment SiberCore is demonstrating to Intel network processor customers with classification solutions to ease system design and provide designers an opportunity to differentiate their solution." SiberCore SCTB2009 showcases SiberNPA - industry's most flexible classification solution A key benefit offered by network processors is that of their inherent flexibility. Similarly, the SiberNPA solution allows designers to customize their individual solution for each specific application thus differentiating the end product from competitors. The SiberNPA solution also permits late-stage design modifications, allowing incremental changes to the end product. The SiberGateway offering is modular, allowing the designer to optimize a design based on end requirements, choosing which features and which interfaces to incorporate and subsequently optimizing the cost of the solution to the product requirements. Production Ready Feature Packs Through cost effective FPGA technology, the SiberNPA solution is designed to complement the flexibility of the network processor. Features can be quickly and easily added to the SiberGateway FPGA, resulting in overall higher performance without impacting the network processor programming headroom. An excellent example is Error-Correcting Code (ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. ) that is frequently required to correct soft errors in memories. ECC processing is handled within the SiberGateway FPGA and the NPU is unburdened by the additional processing. SiberCore also offers SiberNPA feature packs that address "Statistics," "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. ," and "Range Match" applications. These feature packs are provided as extensions to the SiberGateway code. "SiberCore is seeing more customers value the flexibility of the SiberNPA solution, allowing them to make last-minute modifications or add new features like ECC without impacting NPU performance," said Graham Allan, SiberCore's Vice President of Marketing. "The ability to plug-and-play the SCTB2009 into all Intel development platforms gives Intel NPU customers the added ability to reuse the SiberCore solution in multiple generation of products." SiberCore is an Affiliate Member with the Intel(R) Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. For more information, please visit www.intel.com/go/ica. SiberCAM Packet Management Solutions for Network Processors SiberCore's family of pin-compatible 2M, 9M and 18M SiberCAM products are designed for optimal performance and efficiency. Featuring a unique three-port interface, dynamic variable word width support and a very efficient low-power design, the company's SiberCAM devices and forwarding and classification co-processing solutions interface to Intel network processors via the Network Processing Forums LA-1 interface. Availability The SiberCore SCTB2009 TCAM modular card is available now, and is priced at US$2000. The SiberCore SDK and SiberNPA feature packs are also available now, supported by extensive written documentation, including user guides, user manuals, and data plane macro library. About the Intel(R) Communications Alliance The Intel(R) Communications Alliance is a membership-based alliance program comprised of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Members are committed to providing a strategic supply line of standards-based solutions to the communications and embedded market segments. For more information, please visit: www.intel.com. About SiberCore Technologies SiberCore Technologies is a fabless communications semiconductor company providing silicon-based packet management products and solutions to the Internet infrastructure market. The Company's initial products are packet forwarding engines, based on Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) technology, that are designed to overcome the most onerous performance bottlenecks in the data communications market -- packet forwarding and classification. SiberCore's unique architectural and design innovations give the SiberCAM family of products significant advantages in terms of capacity, speed, feature set and power reduction. SiberCore is located in Ottawa, Canada's high technology capital. The company's web site is located at www.sibercore.com. SiberCore and SiberCAM are trademarks of SiberCore Technologies. Intel IXP and XScale family are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. AdvancedTCA and ATCA are trademarks of the PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group. |
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