Processor accelerates networking performance

Processor enables hardware-like performance with the flexibility of software in the SL1200 security gateway and RX3042H broadband router from Asustek Computer.

The Fusiv Vx200 processor from Ikanos Communications has been integrated into the SL1200 security gateway and RX3042H broadband router developed by Asustek Computer.

The SL1200 and RX3042H are both designed for small office/home office (SoHo) and small and medium enterprise (SME) applications.

The Fusiv Vx200 uses Ikanos' novel accelerator processor architecture, which enables hardware-like performance with the flexibility of software.

By offloading various tasks across several accelerator processors, most of the on-chip CPU's processing power is available for customer applications.

As a result, Asustek will be able to offer its customers significant customisation capabilities for their applications while still providing wire speed security performance across local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN).

The highly integrated Vx200 processor also offers high speed switching, routing, packet filtering, advanced QoS, firewall management and VPN security, as well as VoIP.

"Ikanos' Fusiv Vx200 provides the highest security performance as well as the most technically advanced feature set for its price point", says Yi Hsieh, director of Sales, Marketing and PM Groups, Networking Business Department at Asustek.

"With the Accelerator Processor architecture, we are able to offer wire speed performance and iron-clad network security".

"As a result, our gateways offer the best performance and features in their class and are the clear choice for the networking needs of the SoHo and SME markets".

"We are pleased that our Fusiv Vx200 has been selected by Asustek for use in their security gateway and broadband router", says Dean Westman, Vice President and General Manager for Ikanos' Gateway Products Group.

"The Fusiv Vx200's high level of integration with on-chip full voice chain, network and security/crypto processing makes it an ideal processor for SME and SoHo applications".

The Asustek SL1200 VPN security gateway and RX3042H dual-WAN broadband router offer state-of-the-art performance for SoHo and SMEs.

Users can get up to 200Mbit/s full-duplex network address translation (NAT) and firewall performance.

Both the RX3042H and SL1200 routers support full-featured advanced firewall protection with stateful packet inspection (SPI) to protect the network against hackers and malicious Trojan Horse programs.

In addition, the RX3042H provides dual-WAN load-balancing with failover support and handles up to 30,000 concurrent sessions.

The SL1200 provides unparalleled VPN encryption performance for data encryption standard (DES), 3DES and IPSec up to 50 tunnels.

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