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News Release from: IDT | Subject: IP coprocessor products
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 May 2001
IP coprocessors provide flexible search
width
IDT has released its first commercially available Internet protocol coprocessor product portfolio that enables up to OC-768 wire speed to support ever-increasing packet processing requirements.
IDT has released its first commercially available Internet protocol (IP) coprocessor product portfolio that enables up to OC-768 wire speed to support ever-increasing packet processing requirements IDT's IP coprocessors assist network processors and ASICs to accelerate deep packet classification and packet forwarding in applications such as LAN and WAN switches, routers and ATM switches in enterprise/carrier-class networks; core switches in wireless/mobile networks and remote access concentrators in access networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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IDT's IP coprocessor product offerings will include a 32Kx72 full-ternary device, a 64Kx72 binary device, a 64Kx72 full-ternary device and a 128Kx72 full-ternary device IDT's IP coprocessor products, which integrate content addressable memory technology with high-performance logic, enable deep packet classification and packet forwarding.
These devices provide classification features that allow for policy-based routing, content-aware switching, load balancing and class of service.
IDT's IP coprocessors enable these functions by providing a flexible search width, allowing the user to configure the search to support x72-widths for deep route table entry in forwarding applications, and larger widths of x144 and x288 for deeper packet classification.
The devices assist in speeding classification functions by providing the capability to search at the maximum sustained rate.
IDT's highest-performance IP coprocessor will perform up to 100 million table lookups per second.
IP coprocessors also support IPv4 and IPv6 standards, allowing for the extension of IP addresses up to 128bit long.
The new devices augment IDT's first IP coprocessor, a custom product designed for Cisco's Catalyst family of multilayer switches, introduced in September 2000.
With this product, IDT is the current volume shipment leader of IP coprocessors in the market today.
IDT's commercially available IP co-processors are currently in adoption in the high-speed switching and routing applications of leading communications companies, including NEC.
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