AppliedMicro PacketPro™ Multicore Processor Family Provides Intelligent SoC Management for Embedded Applications
September 27 2010 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), or
AppliedMicro, today announced its next-generation PacketPro™
multicore processor System-on-a-Chip (SoC) family, designed with
advanced subsystem and offload acceleration hardware to enable new
levels of security, high availability, low latency, and power
management for embedded applications.
AppliedMicro's PacketPro family of
multicore embedded processor SoCs provide intelligent management of
multiple functions. (Photo: Business Wire)
PacketPro is AppliedMicro’s second-generation embedded processor
SoC family and the first to feature offload of critical features
for multiple PowerPC® processors with frequency capabilities
ranging in performance from 600 MHz to 2.0 GHz and beyond. The
innovative SoC subsystem design features the Scalable Lightweight
Intelligent Management processor or SLIMpro™ to enable breakthrough
flexibility in SoC power management, protected asymmetric
multiprocessing (PMP), failover protection, resiliency and
end-to-end security for a wide range of mission-critical
applications in wireless and wired networking, multi-function
printer, industrial, access point markets.
Each device introduced into the PacketPro family enables
multiple, concurrent operating systems (OS) while providing
resource protection (processors, memory and I/O) that each domain
operates in a transparent, independent and protected mode. It also
enables application-aware and usage-based power management to
reduce energy consumption. The multi-level crypto engine offers
simultaneous wire-speed performance along with investment
protection against product cloning and hardware-software
tampering.
“PacketPro is an advanced SoC architecture that offers an ideal
combination of high-performance and low power consumption at low
cost,” said Vinay Ravuri, Vice President and General Manager of
AppliedMicro’s Processing Products Division. “Flexible power
management enables deep sleep operating power of less than 200mW
and includes Wake on LAN, USB, PCIe and others. With the ability to
scale-down and turn off SoC resources when not in use and to
scale-up to full power when system demands require, PacketPro
provides developers unprecedented ability to dynamically control
power consumption levels.”
AppliedMicro developed the PacketPro multicore SoC architecture
specifically in response to developers’ need to manage abundant
on-chip resources as the industry shifts from single core to
multicore applications. These enhanced management capabilities help
developers address the ongoing explosion in bandwidth, the growth
of converged network applications and green energy initiatives.
PacketPro also features configurable offload engines for in-line
packet processing, security, traffic classification, shaping and
queue management to relieve the main processor complex.
"Simply adding more cores to a chip doesn't necessarily solve
the customer's problem," said Linley Gwennap, principal analyst of
The Linley Group. "AppliedMicro's PacketPro is a well thought-out
SoC architecture that addresses critical system-design issues such
as end-to-end security, high availability, and flexible power
management. The non-blocking multi-hub queuing fabric delivers a
deterministic low-latency solution for packet processing."
The AppliedMicro PacketPro family features performance of up to
2 GHz per core, 32KB L1 I/D & 256KB dedicated L2 cache per
core, support for full symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and ultra
flexible asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP). Memory and bus
architecture supports 16/32/64-bit DDR2/3 up to 1,600Mbps and
beyond with ECC option. Connectivity features include PCI-e Gen 2
controller, GE, 10GE, SGMII, RGMII, IEEE1588 Rev2 on all Ethernet
ports, USB 2.0 – H/D, OTG, all with integrated PHY, USB 3.0, SATA
ports and SDHC. The PacketPro family is manufactured on a 40nm
TSMC® CMOS process and is available in both wire-bond and flip-chip
packaging. The first PacketPro device begins sampling in November.
More information about PacketPro can be founded at
http://www.appliedmicro.com/products/process.html.
AppliedMicro Overview
AppliedMicro is a global leader in energy conscious computing
solutions for telco, enterprise, data center, consumer and SMB
applications. With a 30-year heritage as an innovator in high-speed
connectivity and high performance embedded processing, AppliedMicro
employs patented Power Architecture® SoCs to provide energy
efficient products that can deliver up to a 40 percent reduction in
power consumption without sacrificing performance. AppliedMicro's
corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale,
California. Sales and engineering offices are located
throughout the world. For further information regarding
AppliedMicro, visit the company’s Web site at
http://www.apm.com.
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, AppliedMicro and the
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