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To: Moonray who wrote (9989)	2/22/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: shane forbes	Respond to of 25814

Moonray: Check this out: ----- IP core vendors flock to wirespeed router market Gearing up for what many analysts predict will be a revolution in the routing and switching markets are a slew of intellectual property (IP) core vendors seeking to provide the semiconductor designs to enable a market for a new type of networking product--the wirespeed router. Wirespeed routers are systems that incorporate switching and the Internet protocol routing functions on one chip. By doing this, they achieve near gigabit speeds at a much lower cost per port than a full-speed router. Unlike full-featured routers, wirespeed routers typically do not support other routing protocols, nor do they perform translation between various protocols. At least five core vendors are vying to provide these chip designs to OEMs trying to get wirespeed routers to market. System on a chip "To deliver large system-on-a-chip full-function ASICs, designers will resort to IP cores of functional blocks," says Ravi Athalye, consultant of strategic projects for IP core vendor CoreEl MicroSystems, Fremont, CA. Although analysts say it's too early to put a figure on the market's potential size, the list of OEMs building wirespeed routers is growing. The large traditional network companies such as Cisco Systems, Bay Networks and 3Com already have wirespeed routers on the market. However, the availability of these IP cores is giving rise to a slew of fresh start-ups, such as Extreme Networks, Foundry Networks, Torrent Networking Technologies and Packet Engines. --- Included in a table of five IP vendors was LSI, NSM and 3 smaller companies. LSI should rule in high end networking sector. Corrigan was right - things in this area are picking up speed and LSI is well placed. ---