NetLogic Microsystems Enables Next-Generation Terabit Routing and Switching with the Industry’s Highest Density NL71024XT Knowledge-based Processor

NetLogic Microsystems’ NL71024XT knowledge-based processor delivers up to 3X higher IPv6 header processing performance compared with competing solutions, uniquely addressing the emerging requirements for advanced Terabit routing and switching

Mountain View, Calif. – April 22, 2008 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits, today announced that it has started initial production shipments of its NL71024XT knowledge-based processor, which has been optimized for next-generation Terabit routers and switches.  The high-performance NL71024XT processor is optimized for customers’ 100Gbps next-generation ASICs and network processors to accelerate Internet Protocol version6 (IPv6) routing, quad-play convergence of video, voice, data and mobility, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), WebTV and peer-to-peer (P2P) communications.

Leading networking and communications OEMs are deploying Terabit routers and switches to handle the growing demand for higher bandwidth, increased availability and expanded service mix in mobile wireless and wireline networks.  The worldwide deployment of video-hungry mobile services by carriers such as AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, France Telecom and Telekom Italia, coupled with increasing consumer demand for video phones such as Apple’s iPhone, Nokia’s Tube and Samsung’s Instinct, are driving the need for Terabit performance in the metro, edge, access and core networks for mobile wireless infrastructure.  Moreover, the industry is accelerating its migration to IPv6 in order to robustly support the rapidly growing number of network-enabled mobile devices worldwide. 

These trends are driving the need for significantly higher levels of massively parallel knowledge-based processing to achieve higher line-rate performance while at the same time increasing database capacity for IPv6 databases.  The NL71024XT processor offers superior packet processing capabilities through an advanced superscalar architecture with deep pipelining to enable the simultaneous processing of QoS, ACL security, voice/video packet forwarding, VPN and service awareness, all of which significantly improve the performance and richness of next-generation Terabit routers and switches.  

“As Tier One OEMs aggressively transition to next-generation platforms, we have been working very closely with our leading customers to optimize the performance of our NL71024XT processor for their specific applications,” said Chris O’Reilly, vice president of market at NetLogic Microsystems.  “By closely aligning ourselves with our customers’ systems and ASIC development teams, as well as our network processor partners, we are excited to extend our leadership position to service these Terabit switching and routing systems.”

The NL71024XT knowledge-based processor has been selected by Tier One system providers because of its high performance, superior parallel processing capabilities, low power and its ability to support large IPv6 database capacity.  In addition, the NL71024XT processor allows customers to cluster up to four knowledge-based processors per 100Gbps ASIC to further expand the database capacity. For a full Terabit router which includes several 100Gbps ASICs, Tier One customers are incorporating up to thirty units of NetLogic Microsystems’ NL71024XT knowledge-based processors per system. 

For more information, please contact sales@netlogicmicro.com.

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high-performance knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits that accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications and mobile wireless networks.  NetLogic Microsystems’ products include high-performance knowledge-based processors, application-aware content processors, 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnects and network search engines that are being deployed by Tier 1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in leading systems such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, datacenter servers, network access equipment and network storage devices.  NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors and content 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. NetLogic Microsystems’ products significantly enhance the performance and functionality of next-generation networks that are designed to deliver high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications.  For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

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