EZchip Technologies has commenced commercial production of its second generation NP-1c 10-Gigabit 7-Layer network processor. The device has been sampling since May 2003, and has undergone comprehensive testing at EZchip’s facilitates and by select customers. EZchip claims 30 customers worldwide for the device, half of which are large system vendors.
NP-1c is a single-chip 10-Gigabit 7-layer full-duplex network processor providing fully programmable packet classification, modification, forwarding and policing at wire speed. The device integrates processing and classification functions on a single chip, eliminating the need for hungry CAMs and SRAMs. Its layer 2-7 processing could be used for mainstream applications such as VPLS/MPLS/IPv4/IPv6 for the metro, edge and core, and also for processing-intensive layer 7 products such as load balancing switches, storage gateways, firewalls and other content aware devices.
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