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News Release from: MIPS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 June 2002
Broadband communications processor uses
MIPS core
Infineon Technologies' new EasyPort broadband communications processor family is based on a powerful, highly integrated, 64bit CPU core subsystem that uses the MIPS64 5Kc processor core.
Infineon Technologies' new EasyPort broadband communications processor family is based on a powerful, highly integrated, 64bit CPU core subsystem that uses the MIPS64 5Kc processor core to give Infineon's customers extensive packet and ATM cell processing functionality EasyPort ICs, which are the industry's first network terminal controllers based on a MIPS 64bit processor core, address market demands for compute power and flexibility in data and voice/data integrated access device (IAD) systems for small- and medium-size enterprise gateways, access routers and voice over IP (VoIP) routers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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System manufacturers using EasyPort in combination with Infineon's advanced broadband access and voice/data chipsets can deliver powerful platforms with fast Internet access, integrated high-speed media streaming and multichannel voice services through a single uplink.
"Infineon made a strategic decision to use a 64bit core instead of a 32bit device because of the need to enable sophisticated applications in service provider platforms, such as firewalls and virtual private networks, and future applications such as home private networking", said Christian Wolff, vice president of Infineon's Communications Group and general manager of the Access Business Unit.
"With the MIPS64 architecture, our customers are ready for 64bit networking protocols and the full 128bit IP addressing defined in IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol".
"The MIPS architecture is the performance standard for communications processors and MIPS Technologies' leadership position in 64bit solutions extends that standard.
By integrating the 5Kc core into its leading-edge family of broadband processors, Infineon gives its customers the benefits of an industry standard processor architecture combined with 64bit performance and with the support of a broad suite of development tools and faster time to market", said Kevin Meyer, vice president of marketing at MIPS Technologies.
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