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NetLogic Microsystems’ India Design Center Successfully Completes Second Generation NETLiteTM Processor Chip The NL3280GLQ NETLite Processor is a Turn Key Project Optimized for Mountain View, Calif. – March 20, 2006 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of high-performance knowledge-based processors, today announced the launch of its newest, second generation NL3280GLQ NETLiteTM processor, specifically designed for cost-sensitive, high-volume applications such as entry level switches, routers and access equipment. The device seamlessly interfaces to network processors, merchant silicon solutions, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) and application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that follow the industry-standard Networking Processing Forum LA-1 specification. It is optimized to work with Broadcom’s StrataXGS III 600 series integrated Ethernet switch product family. NetLogic Microsystems’ NL3280GLQ processor is a complete turn key project designed by its rapidly growing India Design Center (IDC). IDC is a state-of-art design center located in Bangalore, India, which currently represents about 25% of the company’s worldwide engineering resources. IDC is led by Anand Bariya, managing director of the design center, who brings to NetLogic Microsystems 15 years of industry experience where he was involved in all aspects of chip design, verification, and system development for companies such as National Semiconductor, Cadence, Vitesse, and Toshiba. IDC has comprehensive turn key capabilities from specification to GDSII design for ASIC and custom projects, as well as software and reference design development. “We are extremely pleased with the first pass success of the NL3280GLQ silicon, which was executed in record time by IDC,” said Dimitrios Dimitrelis, vice president of engineering for NetLogic Microsystems. “We are excited about the new opportunities for IDC, which enables us to accelerate product development efforts and further expand our technology talent. IDC is an important step for NetLogic Microsystems’ international expansion plans, and a valuable addition to our worldwide R&D team.” The NL3280GLQ processor significantly advances the NETLite processor family to support a new class of high-volume, cost-sensitive customers by drastically reducing costs and power consumption and occupies a minimal 31mm x 31mm of board space. It leverages circuit techniques developed and refined during the design of NetLogic Microsystems’ second generation family of knowledge-based processors, which is based on a new processing core design utilizing innovative circuit techniques and architectural advancements that increases performance while reducing power consumption by more than half when compared to previous designs. Included in this new processor core is an intelligent active power management control that selectively turns off unused processing elements on a The highly integrated NL3280GLQ is a system solution that directly interfaces with two network or switch processors, a general purpose CPU and associated data SRAM. It is tailored to team with carrier-class Ethernet router devices, such as Broadcom’s StrataXGS III 600, to offer a multitude of intelligent packet based protocols at wire-speed on multiple gigabit Ethernet ports. The high capacity rules database can support up to 512K IPv4 and up to 128K IPv6 records per device. Additionally, the NL3280GLQ device rules database can be expanded to two million IPv4 records without processing latency penalty. This highly integrated system solution, together with software and reference designs provided by the company, facilitates the incorporation of these processors into our customers’ systems. In addition to these capabilities, the family of NL3280GLQ NETLite processors offers wire speed security for access control lists (ACLs) and multi-field classification, and enables a new class of lower-cost Ethernet IP-based triple-play ready devices and services to enhance the capabilities, and increase the performance, of next-generation IP converged networks. Availability and Pricing |
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