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News Release from: Tensilica | Subject: Xtensa
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2006
Configurable processors unite in
multicore design
NetEffect has used multiple Tensilica Xtensa configurable processors in an impressive custom chip design for its 10Gbit/s iWarp Ethernet channel adapter.
NetEffect's 10Gbit/s iWarp Ethernet channel adapter (ECA) is the first adapter on the market that fully implements the iWarp Ethernet standard, allowing data centre managers to realise full 10Gbit/s throughput using existing Ethernet hardware and software NetEffect has used multiple Tensilica Xtensa configurable processors in its impressive custom chip design for the adapter
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We selected Tensilica's Xtensa processors because of the ease with which we were able to optimise certain functions for our high-speed, demanding Ethernet channel adapters", stated Rick Maule, NetEffect's CEO.
"Tensilica's automated process let us optimise our embedded processors for our exact application in a fraction of the time that it would have taken us using other alternatives".
The NE010, implements the extensions to Ethernet created by the RDMA Consortium and IETF, which virtually eliminates host CPU computation bottlenecks and overhead associated with networking by radically improving host processor utilisation.
The patented Virtual Pipeline Architecture saturates multiple bidirectional 10Gbit/s ports at a minimal packet size, delivering the full benefit of iWarp Ethernet to a wide range of applications.
Additionally, it provides support for hundreds of thousands of connections.
"NetEffect's application is a natural fit for our Xtensa configurable processors", stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica's Vice President of Marketing.
"By building their high-speed data processing into multiple configured processors, NetEffect has built a highly flexible and upgradeable product".
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