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News Release from: SDC Systems | Subject: Roadrunner
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 January 2005
Platform puts network processors to work
The ADI Engineering Roadrunner reference design hardware for the Intel IXP23xx Xscale product line enables cost-effective Gigabit Ethernet applications where an AdvancedTCA platform is not required.
New from SDC Systems is the ADI Engineering Roadrunner reference design hardware for the Intel IXP23xx Xscale product line enabling cost-effective Gigabit Ethernet applications where an AdvancedTCA platform is not required Qovia, one of ADI Engineering´s customers, will be using ADI's expertise to build its next-generation communications equipment
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"That´s why we plan to use the Intel IXP2350 network processor as the core of our carrier class appliance".
"The combined experience of Intel and ADI Engineering will ensure carrier-class power and reliability from our new generation appliance".
Demo applications from third party providers, such as Parallogic, including IPv4/v6 routing, cryptography and TCP/IP termination ensure immediate customer validation of the Intel IXP23xx product line with respect to features, function, and performance in actual end-user applications.
"We are excited to support the Intel IXP2350 network processor and the Roadrunner platform by integrating our StriaEdge VPN firewall router, an integrated platform application intended for makers of communications equipment", said Safa Alkateb, President and CTO of Parallogic.
StriaEdge implements IP routing, stateful filtering, network address translation (NAT), traffic shaping quality of service (QoS), IPSec encryption for virtual private networks (VPN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) encryption offload.
Built on the Intel Internet Exchange Architecture software development kit, the Parallogic integrated application takes full advantage of the four data plane processors (microengines) and other hardware functions of the new Intel IXP2350 network processor.
"We see a big market opportunity for the Intel IXP2350 network processor and are pleased to support ADI´s Roadrunner", stated David Stepner, Teja Technologies President and CEO.
"The combination of Roadrunner hardware and Teja NP software provides OEMs a powerful pre-integrated platform that gives developers the tools to customise and optimise the performance of their designs in the shortest amount of time".
"The new ADI reference design showcases the advantage of a complementary ecosystem for Intel network processors", said Kevin D Johnson, Director, Intel Communications Alliance, Intel Corp.
"When combined with software and tools from other members of the Intel Communications Alliance, the ADI single-board reference design reduces customers' cost, development risk and time-to-market while they design products and systems around the Intel IXP23XX product line".
The Roadrunner platform includes an Intel IXP2350 network processor at 900MHz, up to 2Gbyte microengine DDR RAM with ECC, 1Gbyte control plane DDR RAM with ECC, 16Mbyte microengine QDR SRAM, 64Mbyte of Intel StrataFlash, two onboard Gigabit Ethernet ports, one 10/100 Fast Ethernet port, two USB 2.0 host ports, and an ATA133 hard disk controller.
Expandability is provided by the two MiniPCI slots for Wi-Fi and WiMAX radios, one PCI 64bit 66MHz card slot for security coprocessors and other peripherals, one Compact Flash socket to support the Application-in-a-Flash program, and one Intel IXA Media Interface Mezzanine (MIM) slot to accommodate off-the-shelf media interface cards from Intel including OC3, OC12, T1/EI, Quad Gigabit Ethernet and others.
Roadrunner fits into a standard 1U chassis.
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