Xelerated, a network processing and programmable Ethernet
switching solutions, announced it started volume production of its HX family of
100G network processors (NPU) for packet-OTN, mobile backhaul/PTN and Carrier
Ethernet Switch-Routers.

The HX family of NPUs has been selected in 20 systems,
out of which the first will go into production later this year. System vendors
designing with Xelerated NPUs can significantly scale their systems while
meeting strict power budgets. Compared to legacy NPUs, the HX family reduces
power consumption per processed gigabit of traffic by 67 percent.

System vendors are constantly challenged to add new
services and features to their Ethernet and IP/MPLS data planes. To increase
feature velocity, data planes are increasingly implemented using network
processors, which are flexible and can be enhanced through software upgrades.

In packet-OTN systems, the HX NPU enables Ethernet/MPLS
services for 100 Gbps of traffic using a single chip. These line cards are
designed for aggregation and transport, and support a range of interface types
including GE, 10GE, 40GE, 100GE and OTU0-OTU4. In mobile backhaul, the HX
family implements complete L2 and L3 switch-router applications.

“System vendors are increasingly faced with power
budget restrictions as they scale to accommodate new services and greater port
densities,” said Bob Wheeler, senior analyst at The Linley Group.

The HX family of NPUs provides a unique
line-card-on-a-chip approach, including:

Dataflow architecture featuring industry-leading 448 PISC
processor cores and 28 engine access points to connect to on-chip or off-chip
table memory and hardware engines; Advanced traffic manager with hierarchical
per-user, per-service scheduling and shaping and deep off-chip packet buffer
fully implemented in cost-effective DDR3 DRAM; Embedded switching with advanced
pre-classification for intelligent oversubscription.

“The high demand for the HX family of NPUs is due to
its combination of low power consumption, programmable wirespeed processing and
integration of advanced traffic management,” said Anders Ericsson, VP
Sales and Marketing, Xelerated.

The HX NPU family was first to demonstrate 100G wirespeed
network processing last year and is now in-design for a new generation line
cards and pizza boxes. The HX NPU 100G, like all of Xelerated’s products,
factors in R&D economics such as time to market and re-usability of
investments in software to save time and costs.

By Telecomlead.com Team
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