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Networking Hardware
News Release from: SDC Systems | Subject: Shadwell
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 October 2004
SBCs add FPGA coprocessing to networking
hardware
Shadwell is a new family of Gigabit Ethernet single board computers designed by ADI Engineering.
Shadwell is a new family of Gigabit Ethernet single board computers designed by ADI Engineering, a leading provider of complete communications product solutions and development services for processors based on Intel XScale and IXA technologies Designed for enterprise network security devices such as TCP/IP offload engines (TOE), firewalls, VPN equipment, IPSec and SSL accelerators, intrusion detection, and cryptography equipment, Shadwell supports line wire speed in both single and dual port versions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The boards use the Intel 80200 processor based on Intel XScale technology, ensuring maximum performance for the least amount of power dissipated, and a Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA for CPU offload and programmable companion chipset.
The robust features of the board include the Intel 80200 processor, running at 733MHz, 256Mbyte SDRAM (128Mbyte in the single mode), Intel 82545/82546 fourth-generation GbE MAC/PHY, and Intel 21555 PCI-PCI bridge.
The board is implemented in a half size PCI form factor, and only dissipates 6W of power in the single-port version.
Shadwell's Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA can be used very effectively for customised hardware offload of time-critical tasks including cryptography, firewall filtering and virus scanning.
Steve Yates, President of ADI Engineering explains: "By moving these tasks to a programmable FPGA offload engine, network security applications can be accelerated by an order of magnitude".
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