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News Release from: IDT | Subject: 75K62134 and 75K72234
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 October 2005
Hammer time for network search engines
Harbour Networks is using IDT's 75K62134 and 75K72234 NSEs to deliver leading-edge features and services in its Power Hammer and Net Hammer Series routers and Big Hammer Series switches.
Harbour Networks is using IDT's 75K62134 and 75K72234 network search engines to deliver leading-edge features and services in its Power Hammer and Net Hammer Series routers and Big Hammer Series switches The IDT 75K62134 NSE was the industry's first device with a glueless integrated Network Processor Forum (NPF) look-aside (LA-1) interface to industry-leading network processor units (NPUs)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The IDT 75K62134 was the first device to provide Harbour with a fully integrated LA-1 NSE solution, and the IDT 75K72234 further enhanced Harbour's applications by providing a dual LA-1 interface solution and a common software API, as well as 250 million searches per second performance.
"The IDT LA-1 NSE family is best in class with glueless interface devices with superior performance and the best software and hardware development package that seamlessly integrates into multiple NPU reference platforms today", said Dave Cech, Director of Marketing for the IDT IP Coprocessor Division.
"We are very proud to be a part of Harbour Networks' solutions, helping them achieve 'IPv6 Ready' status".
The IDT 75K62134 and 75K72234 NSEs include a set of Dynamic Database Management features and sophisticated instruction capabilities that result in up to 70% power savings when compared with alternative solutions.
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