NetLogic Microsystems Showcasing Best-in-Class 10Gbps Server-based Security Appliance and Application-Aware Networking Platform at the Intel Developer Forum Fall 2007

Driven by Intel® QuickAssist Technology, the collaborative solution from NetLogic Microsystems and Intel shows the future of datacenter servers, security appliances, networking equipment and mobile wireless infrastructure systems

Intel Developer Forum Fall 2007

Mountain View, Calif. – Sept. 18, 2007 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced it is delivering scalable and high-performance reference platforms using Intel® Architecture based-processors and NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7™ knowledge-based processors.  As part of this collaboration, the companies are demonstrating a 10-Gigabit server-based security appliance and application-aware networking reference solution that is capable of providing advanced unified threat management, intrusion prevention and malware protection functions at the Intel Developer Forum 2007, Booth #433, from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20, 2007 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif.

NetLogic Microsystems is working with Intel to drive market-leading performance and functionality for next-generation servers, datacenter appliances, embedded networking and mobile wireless infrastructure equipment that require intelligent content-aware processing capabilities at high throughputs and low power.  The leading-edge Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors deliver unparalleled performance density and energy efficiency for standard server platforms and embedded networking systems targeted at a scalable range of price and performance points.  This is complemented by NetLogic Microsystems’ NLS1005 content processor, a member of the NETL7 knowledge-based processor family, which features massively parallel processing capabilities to effectively accelerate compute-intensive and memory bandwidth-intensive functions such as deep-packet inspection, regular expression processing, signature recognition and content-aware parsing over an industry-standard PCI-Express® interface. 

Market Requirements

The explosive growth of the Internet, as well as bandwidth-hungry Web2.0 applications such as video and peer-to-peer traffic, has led to an unprecedented need to inspect the content of every packet of data, voice and video in every node of a network – from the datacenter to the metro and core – in order for servers, appliances and equipment to be aware of the applications and content that are traversing the networks.  This is necessary not only to provide unified security protection against multiple complex threats, but also to provide Layer 7 application intelligence for improved performance and efficiencies in real-time load balancing, quality of service and WAN acceleration applications.

Network managers frequently trade off throughput performance with the level of inspection coverage. By migrating to the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors and offloading memory-bandwidth intensive functions to the NETL7 processor, OEMs are able to provide comprehensive inspection of every bit of data, voice and video traffic at wire speeds without compromising inspection coverage, and at the same time freeing up significant cycles back to the CPU for other applications.    

Intel® QuickAssist Technology
NetLogic Microsystems also announced its support for Intel QuickAssist Technology initiative.  NetLogic Microsystems supports the broad market accelerator attach strategy of Intel using PCI-Express® and I/O technologies that are available today and in the future.  This advanced coupling between the CPU and accelerators delivers higher bandwidths, lower latency, reduced power consumption and minimized transaction overheads for acceleration devices. 

“Through our relationship with Intel, and our respective innovation in performance, integration, power and scalability, we are raising the bar for the industry by delivering best-in-class processing solutions that address next-generation intelligent systems for the datacenter, security, networking and communications markets,” said Ron Jankov, president and CEO at NetLogic Microsystems.  “We are excited to be part of the QuickAssist program, and to be able to deliver significant value to our mutual customers through the integration of Intel hardware and software interfaces with our market-leading NETL7 processors. We remain committed to delivering future generations of our NETL7 products with enhanced PCI-Express technology.”

The collaborative solution from Intel and NetLogic Microsystems offers seamless scalability from 1-Gigabit to 10-Gigabit performance, and includes drivers, compilers and application programming interfaces (APIs) that would allow OEMs to minimize development time and resources in deploying security appliances or application-aware networking equipment.  In addition, OEMs benefit from the significant industry investments in, and the broad technology infrastructure for, Intel Architecture-based systems that would enable them to deliver value-added services for their end customers.

"We are looking forward to collaborating with NetLogic Microsystems on our joint demonstration at this week's Intel Developer Forum, showcasing a high-performance secure server platform," said Doug Davis, vice president and general manager, Intel Embedded and Communications Group. "This solution provides tight coupling and proven interoperability between Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors and NetLogic Microsystems' NETL7 knowledge-based processor family and will enable OEMs to benefit from enhanced performance and improved time-to-market for secure applications."

NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7 knowledge-based processor family provides 10 Gbps wire-speed deep packet inspection with advanced regular-expression signature recognition capabilities.  The NLS1005 processor features a massively parallel architecture for maximum performance while minimizing power consumption, and is capable of supporting over 256 million simultaneous sessions or flows while sustaining 10-Gigabit performance. 

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL - News), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced wireline and mobile wireless networking systems, such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, network access equipment and networked storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors employ an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database containing information on the network, as well as applications and content that run on the network, to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors from NetLogic Microsystems significantly enhance the ability of networking original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP), unified threat management (UTM), virtual private networks (VPN), rich content delivery over mobile wireless networks, and streaming video and audio. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call 650.961.6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

NetLogic Microsystems, the NetLogic Microsystems logo, and NETL7 are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.  Intel and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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