NETLite™ Processor Family

NetLogic Microsystem’s NETLite™ processor family is specifically designed for cost-sensitive, high volume applications such as entry level switches, routers and access equipment. This family leverages circuit techniques developed and refined during the design of NetLogic Microsystems’ current market proven knowledge-based processor families, and greatly benefits from die size optimization, low power dissipation and redundant computing techniques. In addition, the NETLite processor’s simplified pipeline architecture allows for a lower cost of manufacture and lower cost system designs.  These new processors are ideal for entry-level systems that do not require the advanced parallel processing and deep pipelining performance of NetLogic Microsystems’ high-end knowledge-based processors.

This product family is capable of processing speeds of up to 133 million decisions per second, and supports up to 512K IPv4 and up to 128K IPv6 routing entries. This significant increase in database capacity enables entry level networking products to support the deployment of an array of advanced IP network features including IPv6 routing, QoS, security and packet classification on converged networks for voice, video and data communications.  To increase the data base capacity the devices can be cascaded without glue logic or performance degradation.