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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 11, 2010 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today unveiled a new family of processors which deliver unprecedented compute performance and application acceleration for borderless enterprise, mobile internet infrastructure and secure data center and cloud computing applications. The OCTEON II CN68XX/67XX processor families integrate 8 to 32 enhanced MIPS64 cores with up to 48GHz of 64 bit compute power in a single chip combined with over 85 L3-L7 application and security acceleration engines, virtualization[
] features, 100Gbps of connectivity, and a revolutionary new Real Time Power Optimizer™ that dynamically adjusts power depending upon the application-level processing requirement. This level of compute is greater than 3x of next-generation alternative processors and enables OEM customers to achieve the highest level of rich, secure services with very low latency and power consumption at up to 40Gbps using a single OCTEON II chip and up to 100Gbps using multiple chips. The new OCTEON II processors also deliver up to 4x higher performance over the market-leading OCTEON Plus processors in a fully software compatible fashion enabling OEM customers to re-use existing software and system designs to easily upgrade their existing systems for higher performance. The OCTEON product line is the industry’s #1 embedded multi-core processor line designed into enterprise, data center and service provider equipment including routers, switches, appliances, 3G/4G wireless base stations, RNCs, xGSNs, evolved packet core, services gateways, DPI equipment, storage switches and intelligent server adapters.
OCTEON II TM CN68XX and CN67XX Family Highlights
• New cnMIPS64 v2 Cores with up to 48GHz of Compute – 8, 16, 24, or 32 superscalar MIPS64 cores, each with 37KB I-cache, 32KB D-cache operating at up to 1.5GHz for up to 48GHz of standard-ISA based processing. This level of processing is 3x to 4x of that available in highest-end alternative next gen solutions and is a new record. The cnMIPS v2 cores also deliver up to 2.5x control plane performance per-core vs. OCTEON Plus, significantly increasing applicability in high-end control plane applications.
• HyperConnect™ Cross-Bar with Independent I/O and Coprocessor Networks: The OCTEON II cores are coupled with up to 4MB partition-able, low latency L2 cache using a HyperConnect™ cross-bar with over 6Tbps throughput. The overall architecture is optimized to deliver lower-latency and deterministic performance compared to ring or mesh architectures. Independent I/O and Coprocessor networks enable superior performance for a wide range of application workloads.
• Most Advanced Data and Security Services Application Hardware Acceleration
40+ Gbps of Packet processing and TCP performance.
40+ Gbps IPsec, SSL Security performance. OCTEON II adds WAPI support in encryption/ decryption engines to support China-specific WLAN deployments. Additionally, it includes Snow3G hardware acceleration, to address security requirements of 4G mobile networks.
Enhanced Compression/decompression acceleration – Up to 20Gbps.
Third generation HFA Deep Packet Inspection engines deliver deterministic throughput up to 15Gbps independent of number of rules and number of flows, a new and essential capability not available in existing solutions.
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• High Bandwidth, Integrated Memory, System and Networking Interfaces
Interfaces include up to four 72-bit ECC-protected DDR3 interfaces with 400+Gbps of bandwidth
SGMII, RXAUI, XAUI and double-rate XAUI interfaces for up to 12x GbE, 4x 10GbE and 2x 20GbE Ethernet connectivity
Interlaken or Interlaken-LA controller with up to x8 lane widths, providing a channelized interface up to 40Gbps or coprocessor connectivity
Two PCIe Gen2 controllers, width up to x8 lanes
• Innovative new Real Time Power Optimizer™
Ability to dynamically adjust per-core effective-frequency resulting in lower power consumption on a real time basis based on application or network-level workload. Additionally fine-grained auto power-down capability for unutilized coprocessors and I/O interfaces.
Software
The OCTEON II Software Development Kit (SDK) is fully compatible with the existing OCTEON SDK and includes Linux[] SMP, GNU Toolchain, powerful profiling, simulation, and optimization tools, a Simple Executive for fast-path or bare-metal applications, feature rich APIs for hardware acceleration and an extensive set of example software. To accelerate customer development Cavium also offers production ready software toolkits and multi-core architecture and design consulting services.
Multicore Partnership to Accelerate Customer End-Solutions (PACE)
The OCTEON II product line is supported by the most comprehensive embedded multicore ecosystem with over 50 partners providing operating systems and tools, software applications and stacks, debuggers, complementary silicon, ATCA and hardware appliances, hardware and software consulting, and other products and services. These include 6WIND, ATS, Abatron, Advantech, Aricent Technologies, Bayside Designs, Continuous Computing, D2 Technologies, Emerson Network Power, embedUR, Enea, Fulcrum Microsystems, GDA Technologies, GE Intelligent Platforms, Green Hills Software, Interface Masters, Interphase, Kaspersky Lab, Kontron, L&T Infotech, Lanner Electronics, Lattice Semiconductor, Lauterbach, Macraigor Systems, Mentor Graphics, MIPS Technologies, MontaVista Software, PLX Technology, picoChip, QOSMOS, RadiSys, Renesas, Tata Elxsi, TeamF1, Wind River, Wipro, Wistron, and Zarlink.
Availability
The CN68XX will sample in Q4 2010. The CN68XX will be offered in 16, 24, and 32-core options and is software compatible with the OCTEON II CN63XX 2 to 6 core processors. Various members of the CN68XX processor family will be offered with different hardware acceleration options, speed grades and price points. The CN67XX is pin and software compatible with the CN68XX and will be offered in 8, 12, and 16-core options, and will also sample in Q4 2010. Please contact your Cavium sales representative for additional details.
