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News Release from: PMC-Sierra
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 April 2002
OC-48 development platform proves
interoperability
Fast-Chip has developed an OC-48 development platform based on the PolicyEdge FC6300 services processor and PMC-Sierra's PM5381 S/UNI-2488 framer and RM7000 MIPS-based processor.
Fast-Chip has developed an OC-48 development platform based on the PolicyEdge FC6300 services processor and PMC-Sierra's PM5381 S/UNI-2488 framer and RM7000 MIPS-based processor This is Fast-Chip's fourth development platform based on its PolicyEdge services processor, for 1 to 10Gigabit Sonet, frame relay and Ethernet designs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jan 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The PolicyEdge is completely glueless and interoperable with the PMC-Sierra devices via the built-in POS-PHY level 3 (PL3) and MIPS processor interfaces.
The PolicyEdge family of devices also includes the industry's first single chip processor capable of multiple pass classification, editing, forwarding and statistics collection at 10Gbit/s (FC6400), shipping since September 2001.
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The platform is a complete hardware reference design including a multirate chassis, OC-48 interface card, bill of material, Gerber files and software environment, for the rapid design of network products such as label edge/switch routers, DSLARs and multi-service provisioning platforms with Layer 2/3 MPLS VPN features.
Demonstrating an impressive level of multi-pass packet performance, the PolicyEdge OC-48 platform has reliably processed trillions of packets using Spirent's Adtech network analysers.
"We are pleased to team with Fast-Chip in demonstrating the OC-48 development platform utilising PMC-Sierra's RM7000 MIPS processor", said Tom Riordan, vice president and general manager, PMC-Sierra's MIPS Processor Division.
"This is another example of our third-party collaboration efforts to provide our customers with a broad selection of development platforms, using PMC-Sierra's leading edge MIPS-based processors, to enable their time-to-market goals".
"The interoperability of PMC-Sierra's framer devices into Fast-Chip's PolicyEdge development platform provides system designers a proven data path solution, which significantly speeds up development time", said Steve Perna, vice president and general manager for PMC-Sierra's optical networking division.
"This further demonstrates the breadth of our physical layer devices that support the PL3 interface.
As we have been involved in the development of the PL3 standard since its inception, we are pleased that the standard has been widely adopted by semiconductor and equipment vendors".
"Our ability to leverage merchant silicon that interoperates with the PMC-Sierra product line is precisely what our customers demand", said Gregg Cook, president and CEO, Fast-Chip.
"The enhanced capabilities of our PolicyEdge Services Processor are very complementary with PMC-Sierra's current product line".
The complete OC-48 development platform, including reference design, chassis with power supply, BOM, Gerber files, software simulator and sample application code is available now from Fast-Chip.
PolicyEdge is currently available in both OC48 and OC192 devices.
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