LSI ASIC used in Extreme Networks Ethernet/DWDM Data Center Switch.
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"second generation ASICs that are being used to build a new family of carrier-class gigabit Ethernet/DWDM Internet Data Center switches."
LSI Logic Supplies Extreme Networks With ASICs for Scalable, High-Speed Switches Used in Internet Data Centers
MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that it is supplying a total ASIC solution to Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), with five complex Right-First-Time(TM) ASICs packaged in high pin count enhanced plastic ball grid arrays (E-PBGAs). These chips, collectively called the 'Inferno Chipset,' are Extreme Networks' second generation ASICs that are being used to build a new family of carrier-class gigabit Ethernet/DWDM Internet Data Center switches.
"LSI Logic's continued alliance with Extreme Networks is another example of our strategy to focus on the fast-growing networking applications that deliver carrier-class Internet switching solutions," said Jordan Plofsky, vice president and general manager for LSI Logic's Networking Products Division. "Our superior engineering expertise and ASIC methodology provided Extreme Networks with the competitive, complex and high performance solutions needed to meet critical market windows."
LSI Logic's ASIC methodology, utilizing 0.25 micron G11 process technology, combined with Avnet's custom design support, helped Extreme Networks win the prestigious N+I "Best of Show" award for its first "Inferno" product, the Summit7i switch. "By applying a superior ASIC methodology to produce this complex, highly integrated solution, our prototype turn-around time was dramatically reduced and we were able to achieve our targets of scalability, performance, density and reduced time-to-market," said Curt Berg, ASIC manager, Extreme Networks.
The chipset, designed around Internet Protocol (IP), is capable of scaling up to 768 million packets per second of IP forwarding/routing performance. These chips are the key components that enable Extreme Networks to deliver wire-speed IP performance in a variety of non-blocking product configurations, in addition to supporting complementary intelligent extensions for Policy Based QoS, Server Load Balancing, Access Policies and Cache Switching.
LSI Logic's superior ASIC methodology and right-first-time communications system-on-a-chip designs address customers' critical time-to-market requirements. Combined with a library of cores, including the Ethernet 1000 Mbps MAC and PHY cores, HyperPHY(TM) and GigaBlaze(R) high-speed serial transceiver cores, ARM and MIPS microprocessors, ZSP(TM), and EFPGA capabilities, LSI Logic customers can design customized solutions that are scalable and expandable to address both their immediate and long-term needs. |
