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News Release from: MIPS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 September 2004
Network services processor features MIPS
core
Cavium Networks has standardised on the industry-standard MIPS64 architecture for the newly announced Octeon network services processor family.
Cavium Networks has standardised on the industry-standard MIPS64 architecture for the newly announced Octeon network services processor family, the industry's first single-chip network services processor (NSP) Octeon processors target process Layer 3 to Layer 7 networking applications with a standard programming model, and Octeon NSPs are being designed in to a wide variety of OEM networking equipment including routers, switches and network-edge appliances
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"For well over a decade, the MIPS architecture has been the technology of choice for embedded communication processors because of its inherent performance advantage and broad portfolio of optimised software and tools", said John Bourgoin, President and CEO at MIPS Technologies.
"We are excited to see Cavium's highly accomplished microprocessor design team implement an innovative MIPS64-based core, which will extend the reach of MIPS processors as the de-facto standard for networking applications across all performance ranges".
"Today's processor landscape lacks integrated solutions and architectures suitable for Layer 3 to 7 services, content and security processing at price points required for widespread deployment", said Syed Ali, President and CEO of Cavium Networks.
"Our Octeon Network Services processor family utilises the industry-standard MIPS architecture in an innovative, highly integrated and scalable manner to address this significant gap".
"Leveraging the MIPS instruction set architecture and the vast universe of tools and software available will enable users to easily port existing software applications to Octeon".
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