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ISSI Introduces an Innovative Alternative to CAMs The High Performance, High Capacity, NuCAM Product Line SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. , a leader in advanced memory and network IC solutions, today launched the NuCAM line of algorithm-based products made available for communication networking systems. ISSI was the first company in the industry to offer a 533 MSPS (million searches per second) CAM-based multi-search intelligent processor and its patent-pending fine granularity intelligent CAMtile architecture for embedded purposes. Now it is offering the first in a line of algorithm-based products specifically targeting the table lookup bottleneck in high performance communication network (switch/router) systems. System and chipset vendors looking to support very large network table look-ups can now do so at a fraction of the power and cost of traditional CAM-based solutions. The IS52VV100 longest prefix match (LPM) search processor, the first member of the NuCAM product line, is the only such match search solution that efficiently handles both the look-up speeds and the table-entry density required for next generation networking systems. The product takes advantage of ISSI's patent-pending algorithmic techniques utilizing embedded memory and commodity SRAMs and DRAMs. "ISSI's NuCAM product line offers the networking community an innovative alternative to the CAM by providing a low cost, low power solution for large database tables where the cost and power consumption of a CAM can be prohibitive," said Nelson Chow, ISSI's Senior Director of Network Search Products. The IS52VV100 can support 1 million 32-bit IPv4 route entries and performs LPM searches into the table at 33MSPS using generic 200MHz RLDRAM parts. Tables can be updated quickly and automatically. The algorithm provides deterministic search performance, deterministic latency, deterministic capacity, and deterministic table update times. This provides a high-speed, cost-effective solution for tackling next generation million-entry IPv4 tables and makes this device ideally suited for applications in Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR). In addition, the algorithm technique on which the NuCAM product line isbased is being made available for customization. The algorithm performance can be scaled from 16 MSPS to 300+ MSPS, and the density is scalable from 1 to 30+ million 32-bit IPv4 route entries, depending on the particular price/performance the customerwishes to attain. Packaging and Availability The IS52VV100 LPM search processor is offered in a Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA and as an embedded IP for ASIC customers. Both are available for immediate delivery. Please contact ISSI for price and availability. An IS52VV100 design kit and demo, along with product briefs, white papers, and application notes are available on ISSI's web site at http://www.issi.com/. About the Company ISSI is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets high performance integrated circuits for the following key markets: (i) digital consumer electronics, (ii) networking, (iii) mobile communications and (iv) automotive electronics. The Company's primary products are high speed and low power SRAM and low and medium density DRAM. The Company also designs and markets EEPROM, Pseudo SRAM and multi-chip packages and is developing selected non-memory products focused on its key markets. ISSI is headquartered in Silicon Valley with worldwide offices in China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Korea and Taiwan. Visit our web site at http://www.issi.com/. DATASOURCE: Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. CONTACT: Nelson Chow, +1-408-969-4656, or , or Tom Doczy, +1-408-969-4620, or , both of Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.; or Larry Hayes of Hayes Marketing, +1-408-871-0135, or , for Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. Web site: http://www.issi.com/

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