Top Layer Networks To Develop Next-Generation Network Security Solutions Using Newly-Unveiled TILE64 Multi-Core Chips from Tilera Corporation.Innovative New Chip Utilizes Mesh Architecture to Drive Improved Performance and Protection for future Network Security Applications WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Top Layer Networks, the global leader for high performance intrusion prevention See IPS and IDS. solutions, today announced a partnership with Tilera Corporation, the industry leader in highly scalable multicore embedded processor A CPU chip used in a system other than a general purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such chips are used by the billions every year in a myriad of products. See embedded system. design. In future network security solutions, Top Layer will begin using the recently-unveiled TILE64[TM] multi-core processors from Tilera as part of its commitment to using the best technologies available on the market to power its security appliances. "The processing needs inherent in high-performance intrusion prevention make the TILE64 design ideally suited for the gigabit speeds and low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as needs to make network security effective without sacrificing performance," said Vijay K. Aggarwal, vice president, business development. "Combining the innovative chip design of the TILE64 processor with the three dimensional protection of Top Layer's network security products makes for a compelling security solution to combat today's sophisticated and fast-moving threats." As the market demand for 10-40Gbit/sec security solutions grows, Top Layer plans to address this need with its next-generation hardware platform. For this new platform, Top Layer has decided to utilize the massive amount of processing power in the TILE64 processor design to take highly reliable high-performance security solutions to the next level for its customers. "Top Layer designs network security solutions that require significant performance to tackle the fast-moving threats and new destructive payloads that emerge each day," said Mike Paquette, chief strategy officer of Top Layer Networks. "Tilera's TILE64 processor was the only design that offered the performance we needed to fortify for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. our position as a market-leading platform and we are confident that this partnership will help us to achieve continued success in protecting our customers from the threats they face." About the TILE 64 processor The TILE64 processor is ideally suited for high performance embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. markets. In the networking and telecommunications areas, the TILE64 processor is designed into switches and security appliances to provide unmatched performance of up to 20 Gbps of L4-L7 services. In the digital video and multimedia market, the TILE64 processor delivers an unprecedented two streams of broadcast-quality, high-definition H.264-encode capability in a single chip, and more than ten streams of encode for high-definition video This article is about high-definition video technology. For television systems, see High-definition television. For the tape format, see HDV. For compression and prerecorded media, see High-definition pre-recorded media and compression. conferencing applications. About the Top Layer IPS (1) (Inches Per Second) The measurement of the speed of tape passing by a read/write head or paper passing through a pen plotter. (2) (IPS) (Intrusion Prevention S 5500 The IPS 5500 family of products offers the strongest levels of network protection, performance and reliability on the market today. By combining content-based IPS/IDS, stateful firewall In computing, a stateful firewall (any firewall that performs stateful packet inspection (SPI) or stateful inspection) is a firewall that keeps track of the state of network connections (such as TCP streams, UDP communication) travelling across it. , and attack mitigation algorithms, the IPS 5500 is the only solution that provides Three Dimensional Protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and rate-based attacks. Top Layer's architecture enables the IPS 5500 to protect enterprises and service providers from sophisticated, attacks in real-time while enabling the highest throughput of legitimate traffic. Top Layer Networks' family of network intrusion prevention solutions, the IPS 5500 series, has received top accolades from the world's most prestigious labs and influential publications. Top Layer has received significant recognition from the NSS (Novell Storage Services) A 64-bit file system introduced with NetWare 5 that can support terabyte-sized files. NSS files and standard NetWare files can be used in the same server. See NetWare 5. 1. (networking) NSS - Nodal Switching System. Group, Computer Reseller News, Information Security Magazine, SC Magazine, IT Week, Service Provider Weekly, the Tolly Group, and more. About Tilera Tilera Corporation 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. and the industry leader in highly scalable multicore embedded processor design. Tilera's processors are based on a new mesh architecture that scales to hundreds of full-featured cores on a single chip. The distributed nature of Tilera's revolutionary iMesh[TM] architecture provides an unprecedented combination of performance, power efficiency and programming flexibility. The company was founded in October, 2004 and launched its first product, the 64-core TILE64 processor in August 2007. Tilera is venture funded by Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Walden International, Columbia Capital and VentureTech Alliance. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. and operates a research and development facility in Westborough, Mass. About Top Layer Networks Top Layer Networks is dedicated to its role as the leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), developing and bringing to market network security infrastructure solutions that help commercial and government organizations protect their critical on-line assets from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats. Its family of IPS appliances is designed with "Three Dimensional Protection" that provides the most advanced protection capabilities against known and unknown attacks at the highest performance rates. Top Layer Networks is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, with sales and support presence throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia,and Japan. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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