Telecom Lead America: Broadcom has launched its
fully programmable BCM88030 family that features 64 custom processors running
at 1GHz.
The family also includes the industry’s first 100 Gbps
full duplex network processor unit (NPU).
The BCM88030 family enables the next wave of 100GbE
optimized switches and routers for service provider networks and delivers more
than 2X the throughput of any NPU on the market.
With the industry’s highest level of integration, the
BCM88030 solution eliminates costly external components, dramatically reducing
system cost and power by up to 80 percent per 10GbE port.
The company said its NPU solutions are enabling the
service provider network, providing the enhanced high-bandwidth capacity and
scale to meet the aggressive requirements of next generation networks driven by
the insatiable demand for data.
With a fully programmable forwarding architecture, the
BCM88030 family allows network operators to reduce CAPEX by adapting to
emerging protocols without the costly redeployment of network equipment.
The BCM88030 product family features a powerful array of
high-speed processors, extensive multi-threading and hardware acceleration for
functions such as packet parsing, classification and look-ups.
It delivers a feature-rich application at 100GbE full
duplex for complex service provider switching and routing requirements.
The BCM88030 NPU family includes a proprietary
algorithmic look up engine using low cost DDR-3 DRAM that enables massive scale
for Layer 2, IPv4 and IPv6 tables while significantly reducing system cost.
The BCM88030 family consists of three devices, including
the 100 Gbps BCM88038 NPU, the 50 Gbps BCM88034 NPU and the BCM88032 24 Gbps
NPU. All devices are now sampling with production volume slated for the second
half of 2012.
Broadcom launches two 10GBASE-T physical layer transceivers
Recently, Broadcom Corporation launched two 10GBASE-T
physical layer transceivers (PHYs). The BCM84844 and BCM84846 are now sampling
with production volume slated for 2H12.
