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Xelerated extends 100GE broadband reach
Nicolas Mokhoff
8/24/2010 11:05 AM EDT
MANHASSET, NY -- On the heels of extending its HX family of network processor units to accommodate 100 Gbit/s of Ethernet traffic Xelerated is now sampling its AX family of programmable Ethernet switches.
The AX family allows system vendors to unify switching and packet processing for fixed FTTx (fiber to the whatever) and mobile broadband access solutions.
The HX Family of NPUs targets platforms for Metro Ethernet, Service Edge and Cloud Computing, while the AX Family of Programmable Ethernet Switches targets platforms for Unified Fiber Access, Mobile Backhaul and Enterprise Backbone.
In both cases this 2000 Swedish startup is making waves helping service providers built out an infrastructure for local fiberoptic access and high-performance Carrier Ethernet networks.
Xelerated's network processors and programmable Ethernet switches are based on a deterministic dataflow architecture, which inherently provides wirespeed performance.
The AX chips combine a shared non-blocking Ethernet switch with a programmable pipeline to enable feature flexibility and unified subscriber and service provisioning methods.
The chips integrate Ethernet PHY and MAC, switching, programmable packet processing and traffic management into a single chip. This configuration enables build out of fiber access line cards and pizza boxes supporting broadband services at 50-88 Gb/s duplex using a single chip, addressing both mobile and fixed FTTx access solutions.
"Instead of designing with fixed-function switch ASICs that become obsolete, our customers can now upgrade over time by extending the lifetime of their access systems by at least three years at a significantly reduced cost," said Johan Sandell, Vice President and Head of Product Management.
Investments in line card designs and data plane software can be leveraged among different platforms, since the AX switches share technology with Xelerated's HX NPUs.
Exelerated’s data flow architecture enables data driven designs where packets are treated in a homogenous manner regardless of type and load.
The dataflow architecture includes a Packet Instruction Set Computer (PISC) core specifically designed for packet processing; an Engine Access Point (EAP) specialized I/O unit for classification tasks; and an execution context approach that is uniquely associated with every packet and follows the packet through the pipeline.
Xelerated has also released a range of software, development tools and a hardware reference design kit.
Earlier this year Xelerated has singed up with Accton Technology Corp. to provide products for the unified fiber access market using programmable Ethernet switches and data plane software together with Accton's system level product and production expertise.
Xelerated is headquartered in Stockholm, and has offices in Beijing, Santa Clara and Tel Aviv.
The AX family allows system vendors to unify switching and packet processing for fixed FTTx (fiber to the whatever) and mobile broadband access solutions.
The HX Family of NPUs targets platforms for Metro Ethernet, Service Edge and Cloud Computing, while the AX Family of Programmable Ethernet Switches targets platforms for Unified Fiber Access, Mobile Backhaul and Enterprise Backbone.
In both cases this 2000 Swedish startup is making waves helping service providers built out an infrastructure for local fiberoptic access and high-performance Carrier Ethernet networks.
Xelerated's network processors and programmable Ethernet switches are based on a deterministic dataflow architecture, which inherently provides wirespeed performance.
The AX chips combine a shared non-blocking Ethernet switch with a programmable pipeline to enable feature flexibility and unified subscriber and service provisioning methods.
The chips integrate Ethernet PHY and MAC, switching, programmable packet processing and traffic management into a single chip. This configuration enables build out of fiber access line cards and pizza boxes supporting broadband services at 50-88 Gb/s duplex using a single chip, addressing both mobile and fixed FTTx access solutions.
"Instead of designing with fixed-function switch ASICs that become obsolete, our customers can now upgrade over time by extending the lifetime of their access systems by at least three years at a significantly reduced cost," said Johan Sandell, Vice President and Head of Product Management.
Investments in line card designs and data plane software can be leveraged among different platforms, since the AX switches share technology with Xelerated's HX NPUs.
Exelerated’s data flow architecture enables data driven designs where packets are treated in a homogenous manner regardless of type and load.
The dataflow architecture includes a Packet Instruction Set Computer (PISC) core specifically designed for packet processing; an Engine Access Point (EAP) specialized I/O unit for classification tasks; and an execution context approach that is uniquely associated with every packet and follows the packet through the pipeline.
Xelerated has also released a range of software, development tools and a hardware reference design kit.
Earlier this year Xelerated has singed up with Accton Technology Corp. to provide products for the unified fiber access market using programmable Ethernet switches and data plane software together with Accton's system level product and production expertise.
Xelerated is headquartered in Stockholm, and has offices in Beijing, Santa Clara and Tel Aviv.
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Luis Sanchez
8/25/2010 4:58 PM EDT
These guys seem to be providing a different approach to what has been an industry standard. Going deterministic sounds rather too rigorous but with that they guarantee a network speed and total control of the bandwidth. I bet the network switches built over their chips are better for MPLS or the like since applications where constant flow of data is a requirement can greatly benefit. I’ll be looking for these kind of products.
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