Xelerated Announces Advanced Services for Broadcom's StrataXGS-TM- Ethernet Switch Chips.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004 The Solution adds IPv6, 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 VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) A multipoint virtual private network (VPN) service from carriers that connects any number of Ethernet LANs together over an IP core, typically using MPLS, although other encapsulation protocols can be used. support at $10 per Gigabit Ethernet Port Xelerated, the price/performance leader in network processing, today announced a joint solution with Broadcom Corporation enabling the development of cost effective, future proof switches for Enterprise and Metro Ethernet applications. Demonstrations of the joint design will be showcased at the NetWorld+Interop exhibit in Las Vegas this week. The reference design is based on Broadcom's StrataXGS family of Ethernet Switch chips and Xelerated's family of fully programmable network processors. Together these chips enable networking OEMs to build cost effective, flexible, high-functionality switches ranging from stackable to chassis-based systems. To complement the standard fixed Ethernet/IPv4 feature set provided by the StrataXGS chipset, Xelerated's network processor provides programmable feature set extensions including IPv6, MPLS and VPLS. These feature set extensions are provided as a "Virtual 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. " application package covering IPv6 (unicast/multicast, access control lists), MPLS LER/LSR, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. (VPLS PWE PWE Pseudo-Wire Emulation PWE Pevek (Russia) PWE Plane-Wave Expansion PWE Public Works Engineering PWE Parabolic Wave Equation PWE Plasma Wave Experiment PWE Previous Work Experience PWE Prolog Word Expert 3/Martini) and IPv6 to IPv4 transition mechanisms. Like all applications implemented in the Xelerated network processors, wire-speed performance is guaranteed thanks to the NPUs' unique data-flow architecture. "The Xelerated MPLS/VPLS/IPv6 add-on to Broadcom's industry leading StrataXGS products provides our customers with a powerful and very flexible way of extending their feature set and allows them to meet and exceed a wide range of new requirements in the future," says Martin Lund, Senior Director Broadcom's Enterprise Switching LoB. "I am very pleased to announce this solution together with Broadcom," says Thomas Eklund, Vice President Business Development. "Unlike the hard coded solutions on the market, the customer can obtain a fast time to market with the "Virtual ASIC" application package and still has the option to offer additional proprietary value-add features by leveraging the programmability of the Xelerated NPU (Network Processing Unit) Same as network processor. . Due to our programmability we can easily support new features like IPFIX (IP Flow Information EXport) An IETF standard protocol for logging IP packets as they "flow through" a router, switch or other networking device and reporting that information to network management and accounting systems. , Netflow and sFlow without having to do costly re-spins like our competitors. The customer will have a future proof design for their high feature implementations." "The joint Broadcom/Xelerated solution allows system designers to enhance the features and flexibility of Enterprise Switch/Routers with little impact on development costs or time to market - all at a price that is affordable for most Ethernet systems," says Linley Gwennap, principal analyst of The Linley Group. An advanced services chip set and virtual ASIC software capable of supporting four full-duplex Hi-Gig(TM) links (up to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or four 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports) is priced at $500 for high volumes. The solution is today based on the Xelerated X10q NPU and a SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. 4.2-to-HiGig buffer manager, while Xelerated's next generation network processor, the X11, sampling in Q4 this year, will connect directly to the StrataXGS products. Demonstrations of the joint reference design will be running in both Xelerated's booth #805 and in Broadcom's booth #1901 at NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2004. The exhibition held at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. will be open May 11-13. ABOUT XELERATED Xelerated was founded in August 2000 to become the leading supplier of high performance network processors. The company is recognized as being the only network processor vendor to have combined the efficiency of an ASIC with the programmability of traditional network processors. Xelerated's award-winning products target network equipment for the enterprise, metro Ethernet and data-aware transport markets. The company has offices in Burlington, Massachusetts, Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , and Stockholm, Sweden. Xelerated's investors include leading Venture Capitalists: Atlas Venture, Alta Partners and Startupfactory. Additional information is available at www.xelerated.com Xelerated, the Xelerated logo, Xelerator, PISC PISC Public Interest Spectrum Coalition PISC Piscataway Park (US National Park Service) PISC Programme for the Inspection of Steel Components (United Kingdom) and combinations thereof are trademarks of Xelerated. Other product marks or names mentioned are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. HiGig(TM) and StrataXGS(TM) are trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. |
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