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News Release from: GE Fanuc Embedded Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 March 2008
Platforms to follow multicore roadmap
GE Fanuc has already begun work on developing new products based on Cavium's recently announced 5400 and 5600 silicon.
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has formed a strategic relationship with Cavium Networks, and is set to create AdvancedMC, PCI-X, PCI Express and AdvancedTCA platforms based on Cavium's roadmap for its Octeon multicore MIPS64 family of high-performance low-power processors The company has already announced a range of products based on Octeon packet processing technology, including the Telum NPA-38x4 and NPA-58x4 high performance packet processor AdvancedMCs, the WANic 3850 and 3860 PCI-X high performance packet processors and the AT-5800 high-performance packet processor AdvancedTCA blade
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company has already begun work on developing new products based on Cavium's recently announced 5400 and 5600 silicon.
"This is a relationship that is highly synergistic, leveraging the two companies' strengths to enable the development of powerful, flexible solutions for the most demanding packet processing requirements", says Adrian Bernhard, General Manager, Commercial Products at GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms.
"We are bringing the superior technology capabilities of the Cavium Octeon processors to the wide range of industries GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms serves, including telecommunications, military and industrial markets".
"Together with our key packet processor strategic software alliances - 6Wind, Afore and Qosmos - we are capable of delivering real customer value as, collectively, we address the future requirements for high performance IP communications and secure access applications".
"We are delighted to be working closely with GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms", says Rajiv Khemani.
Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Cavium Networks.
"Our combined efforts will greatly benefit the networking and telecom industry and our common customers who are looking for extraordinary performance that can be delivered in constrained power and space environments with state-of-the-art features".
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