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 RMI Drives Increased Performance Across XLR and XLS Processor Families to Achieve up to 1.5 GHz for Enterprise and Infrastructure Applications Multi-threaded XLR732 Processor and Quad-Core Processor families enhance baseband and networking capabilities with added processing performance Cupertino, CA July 1, 2009 — At the RMI “Performance 2009” Conference, RMI Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance processors for communication and media rich applications, announced today a design and performance breakthrough across its volume production multi-core multi-threaded XLR® and XLS® Processor families. This breakthrough allows the processor families to achieve processing speeds up to 1.5 GHz for enterprise and infrastructure applications. The multi-threaded octal- core XLR732 and quad-core XLS Processor® families have added an additional 25 percent of performance capability enabling customers in the baseband, security and L4- L7 networking sectors additional value and capabilities previously unavailable – a 50% increase over its closest multi-core competitors. “I am very proud to announce this enhancement and performance increase across the XLR and XLS Processor families and look forward to bringing it to our extensive customer base,” said Behrooz Abdi, president and chief executive officer, RMI. “Our engineering team at RMI is unmatched and the ability to design, execute and deliver gives us a distinct advantage in the market that will allow us to continue growing our market share across our targeted markets.” The XLR732 is an 8-core, high-performance, highly integrated processor. The XLR732 processor consists of an innovative set of XLR Processor® cores enabling up to 32 threads, or virtual CPUs (vCPUsTM), in a single chip. The XLR’s enhanced MIPS64® compatible cores implement fine-grained, 4-way multithreading combined with a multi- level hierarchy of caches, autonomous accelerators, and point-to-point interconnects for data and message transfers. The interconnects’ full-speed operation augment application scalability and closely integrate the high performance main memory controllers, level-2 caches, 12.5Gbps accelerated security operations, and accelerated networking interfaces to deliver a processing solution running at frequencies of 800MHz – 1.5 GHz optimized for maximum throughput and workload efficiency. “We continue to drive the capabilities that the market demands for multi-core processors and this performance increase is indicative of our success,” said Nazar Zaidi, senior vice president of engineering, RMI. “By increasing the performance levels across the XLR and the XLS Processor families, we continue to open markets and drive capabilities that haven’t been available from our competitors.” The XLS Processor is a feature-rich general purpose processor with application specific autonomous hardware accelerators and multiple on-chip interconnect options providing an ideal combination of high level programmability, performance scalability, and intelligent packet management. RMI’s XLS Processor enables integrated control plane, data plane, and security processing in a single System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoCTM) solution. The XLS Processor Family is optimized for applications such as Wireless Base Stations, where PCB real estate and power are a premium, while requiring integrated network connectivity, security, and compression acceleration options. Such features will benefit emerging wireless standards that emphasize high data rate and low latency applications such as Mobile VoIP and Video conferencing. Pricing and Availability About RMI (now NetLogic Microsystems) About NetLogic Microsystems |
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