Bay Microsystems has selected IDT’s (Integrated Device Technology) application-optimized network search accelerator as the packet header processing solution of choice for its recently announced Chesapeake Network Processor. The IDT network search accelerator enables high-performance, low-power packet processing for Bay Microsystems’ fully- programmable 40G line-rate network processor and traffic manager.
IDT’s acceleration chip, which is the first “fourth generation” network search solution commercially available, enables enterprise, and carrier switch and router developers to create highly differentiated systems by accelerating and offloading critical search functions. In turn, this provides more headroom for value-added services, such as variable QoS for video, voice, data and security, access control lists, secure data transactions, and billing applications.
The IDT device performs at the rate of one billion searches per second – an order of magnitude greater performance than previous generation solutions – facilitating Bay’s support of enhanced triple play services and future 100G Ethernet networks.
The companies have been engaged since the initial specification phases of their respective devices in order to ensure maximum performance and seamless interoperability of the combined solution. The new IDT network search accelerator works synergistically to offload classification and forwarding lookups, helping Chesapeake realize its 40 Gbps performance.
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- In May 2006, Bay Microsystems introduced the first 40 Gbps programmable network processor based on its “MTM” (Multimedia Traffic Management) technology. The new “Chesapeake” network processor is targeted at a new generation of broadband infrastructure equipment ranging from high density over-subscribed 1GE/10GE Metro Ethernet boxes to high reliability systems up to 40G and above.
The device features 125 Gbps of raw processing power and is capable of 122 million packet-per-second sustained performance.Bay Microsystems said metro Ethernet solutions designed with Chesapeake are being implemented at price points as low as $40 per GE port and less than $400 per 10GE port. Bay is supporting design starts and accepting sample orders now. Bay also provides a complete hardware and software tool suite facilitating Chesapeake- based network equipment designs.
