DALLAS, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) and 6WIND, the gold standard for
software-defined networks, today announced support within the
6WINDGate™ software solution for TI's new scalable 28-nm multicore
processors based on its recently announced KeyStone II multicore
architecture. By providing a comprehensive, pre-integrated suite of
packet processing software, 6WINDGate eliminates the need for TI's
customers to invest their engineering resources into combining
discrete protocols from multiple sources and/or designing custom
optimizations. This enables OEMs to more easily design high
performance, software upgradeable, power- and cost-efficient
networking platforms for mobile and cloud infrastructure
applications.
The 6WINDGate software provides a proven solution to the
challenges of performance, scalability, software compatibility and
time-to-market faced by developers of high-end networking
equipment. 6WINDGate includes a full set of control plane modules,
a high performance networking stack and a wide range of data plane
protocols that have been specifically optimized to deliver maximum
performance on TI's KeyStone II-based multicore processors.
Maintaining full compatibility with standard Operating System APIs,
the 6WINDGate fast path-based architecture enables OEMs to quickly
migrate existing application software to TI's KeyStone II
architecture, allowing the use of TI's on-chip network
coprocessors, as well as reducing time to market and schedule
risk.
"We are delighted to announce the addition of TI's KeyStone II
support to the 6WINDGate packet processing software," said
Eric Carmes, CEO of 6WIND. "Because
it addresses critical issues in network bandwidth, scalability and
Quality-of-Service, 6WINDGate has been adopted by multiple tier-one
TEMs and is now deployed in two-thirds of the LTE networks
worldwide. Our recently announced 6WINDGate Cloud Edition solution
extends these benefits to cloud infrastructure. We have worked
closely with TI to implement optimized support for its KeyStone II
multicore architecture within 6WINDGate and look forward to
delivering high performance software solutions to TI's OEM
customers."
"We're constantly looking for ways to push the envelope with our
KeyStone II multicore processors," said Ramesh Kumar, business manager, multicore
processors, TI. "No multicore architecture matches the performance,
flexibility and power efficiency of KeyStone II and our
collaboration with 6WIND gives our customers the software support
they need to quickly and easily develop high performance
applications."
TI's scalable KeyStone II architecture includes support for both
TMS320C66x digital signal processors (DSP) generation cores and
multiple cache coherent quad ARM® Cortex™-A15 clusters, for a
mixture of up to 32 DSP and RISC cores. The multicore architecture
includes capacity expansion for SoC structural elements such as
TeraNet, Multicore Navigator and Multicore Shared Memory Controller
(MSMC). This expansion allows developers to fully utilize the
capability of all processing elements, including ARM RISC cores,
DSP cores and enhanced AccelerationPacs. RISC processing within
KeyStone II has been significantly upgraded with the addition of
quad ARM Cortex -A15 clusters, providing ultra-high performance at
half the power consumption of traditional RISC cores.
Availability
6WINDGate support for TI's KeyStone II multicore processors will
be available in the second half of 2012. For more information
please visit www.6wind.com.
About TI's KeyStone multicore architecture
Texas Instruments' KeyStone multicore architecture is the
platform for true multicore innovation, offering developers a
robust portfolio of high performance, low-power multicore
devices. Unleashing breakthrough performance, the KeyStone
architecture is the foundation upon which TI's new TMS320C66x DSP
generation was developed. KeyStone differs from any other multicore
architecture as it has the capacity to provide full processing
capability to every core in a multicore device. KeyStone-based
devices are optimized for high performance markets including
wireless base stations, mission critical, test and automation,
medical imaging and high performance computing. Learn more at
www.ti.com/multicore.
For more information:
- Watch TI's multicore Ask The Experts series
- Engage with engineers and TI experts on the TI E2E™ Community
and Multicore Mix
- Follow TI on Twitter
- Become a fan of TI on Facebook
- Download 6WIND white papers
- Follow 6WIND on Twitter
- Participate in discussions on the Multicore Packet Processing
Forum blog
About 6WIND
6WIND, the gold standard for software-defined networks,
transforms mobile and cloud infrastructure by providing scalable,
high-performance, low-latency networking software optimized for
cost-effective hardware based on multicore processors, while
enabling Network-as-a-Service capabilities that monetize network
services such as bandwidth, QoS and security. The company's
6WINDGate™ software delivers sustainable competitive advantages to
network operators, service providers, system integrators and
network equipment providers. 6WIND is a privately owned company
based near Paris, France with
offices in Mountain View,
California, Seoul, South
Korea and Beijing, China.
For more information, visit www.6wind.com.
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 90,000
customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be –
smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun. Our
commitment to building a better future is ingrained in everything
we do – from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors,
to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our
communities. This is just the beginning of our story. Learn
more at www.ti.com.
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