Broadcom Introduces the World's Fastest Processor for Network Security
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000--
First Member of Broadcom's CryptoNET(TM) Security Processor
Family Protects Against Internet Attacks at Wire Speeds,
Reducing IP Security Bottleneck Delays in E-Commerce and
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Applications
Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM - news), the leading provider of integrated circuits enabling high-speed broadband communications to and throughout the home and business, today introduced the world's fastest integrated Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) processor chip for broadband networks.
The first member of Broadcom's CryptoNET(TM) family of high-performance security products, Broadcom's new UBSEC+ chip provides strong Internet security at speeds exceeding 300 Megabits per second (Mbps), enabling corporations for the first time to guard against Internet attacks without compromising the speed and performance of their network.
The Broadcom© BCM5805 (UBSEC+) Security Processor is the first of its kind to implement all the relevant standards-compliant protocols, including IPSec, Internet Key Exchange (IKE), Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), at 310 Mbps. Equivalent software implementations require 10,000 MIPS of processing power, the equivalent of twelve to eighteen Pentium-III(TM) class microprocessors. In typical system applications, the UBSEC+ replaces several high-performance processors or multiple specialized cryptographic ASICs.
The speed and integration Broadcom has achieved in the UBSEC+ will enable equipment vendors to deliver transparent network security solutions for the full-duplex 10/100 Ethernet and full-duplex SONET OC-3 network connections found in the majority of today's local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) respectively. Ideal for IP security and e-commerce applications, the BCM5805 can be designed into routers, switches, VPN appliances, remote access equipment, access concentrators, firewalls, electronic-commerce servers and gateways.
``Our objective is to build strong security into every broadband connection,'' said Marty Colombatto, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Networking Business Unit. ``The UBSEC+ is the first in a series of chips designed to provide strong network security at wire speeds, eliminating the cost, performance and complexity hurdles associated with securing data over the Internet today.''
In February 2000, leading e-commerce businesses - Yahoo, Amazon.com, Buy.com, CNN.com, Ebay, and E-Trade - experienced a flood of Internet attacks causing website shutdowns ranging from one to five hours. According to The Yankee Group, these ``denial of service'' (DoS) attacks cost the victims some $1.2 billion. Equipment based on the BCM5805 will be able to address a broad variety of security risks, including these DoS attacks, saving companies a significant amount of money.
According to a recent study released by Infonetics Research, Inc., entitled ``User Plans for VPN Products and Services in the US 2000,'' worldwide expenditures for VPN products and services will jump from $6.3 billion this year to just over $39.8 billion by 2004.
The BCM5805 is built upon a proprietary, scalable silicon architecture that performs standards-compliant cryptographic functions at data rates ranging from a few megabits per second (Mbps) to multi-gigabits per second (Gbps). This scalable architecture can be ubiquitously deployed across all of Broadcom's product lines, addressing the entire broadband security network spectrum, from residential applications to cloud-based equipment.
The BCM5805 complements Broadcom's existing BCM5801, which is a cryptographic coprocessor originally designed by BlueSteel Networks, Inc. Broadcom acquired BlueSteel Networks in March 2000 to address the growing demand for secure broadband communications technology.
Technical Product Information
The BCM5805 integrates IPSec, IKE, SSL and TLS processing, public key acceleration and random number generation in a single-chip. The BCM5805 provides full duplex OC-3 IPSec processing (310 Mbps - 3DES, HMAC-SHA-1) performance, and in excess of 250 Diffie-Hellman key exchanges per second (1024-bit public key, 180-bit private key). Extensive hardware support for processing intensive public key operations minimizes the user software required for IKE and SSL/TLS key negotiations. A true hardware random number generator on the BCM5805 is well suited for IV seeding and secret key generation.
The BCM5805's PCI interface makes it an optimal solution for add-in card applications. Utilizing PCI memory space, the BCM5805 has unlimited Security Association (SA) support. Leveraging existing PCI memory and requiring no additional memory, the BCM5805 is ideal for cost-sensitive applications requiring IPSec acceleration. An aggressive pre-fetch direct memory access (DMA) engine maximizes throughput under real-world conditions and minimizes the performance degradation on small packets.
Broadcom's integrated portable Software Reference Library for IPSec and SSL application software offers BCM5805 users a complete product solution and enables immediate system-level development, minimizing the customer's design time. The software library supports multiple operating systems and is compatible with industry leading security and web server software, including the Linux Apache Web Server, Microsoft Windows 2000(TM) Offload, OpenSSL, SSH Communications' IPSec and IKE software, and Microsoft's Internet Information Server(TM).
The BCM5805 is currently sampling to lead customers and is priced at $100 in 1000 piece quantities. It is packaged in a 144-pin LQFP (Low Profile Quad Flat Pack).
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is the leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband digital transmission of voice, video and data to and throughout the home and within the business enterprise. Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, the company designs, develops and supplies integrated circuits for a number of the most significant broadband communications markets, including the markets for cable set-top boxes, cable modems, high-speed office networks, home networking, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), residential broadband gateways, direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast, and digital subscriber line (xDSL). Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com. |
