MILPITAS, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI
Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced the availability of the
company's portfolio of asymmetric multicore silicon solutions and
software for use in enterprise and data center networking
applications. The portfolio allows networking OEMs to use LSI
advanced communications, media, content and security and link
communication processors to build enterprise networks that deliver
increased levels of intelligence, control and security.
Based on a unified asymmetric multicore architecture, the LSI
portfolio of networking silicon and software offers a
cost-effective and scalable solution for the development of
next-generation enterprise infrastructures. Combining LSI
capabilities such as award-winning traffic management and
classification, quality of service, voice and video transcoding,
security processing and deep packet inspection, the portfolio
uniquely provides all the key capabilities required for enterprise
and data center applications while minimizing time-to-market and
maximizing software reuse.
"The anytime, anywhere access requirements of data center and
enterprise networks requires an architecture that can dynamically
support voice, video and data," said Lucinda Borovick, research vice president, Data
Center Networks, IDC. "A unified multicore architecture portfolio
specifically designed for enterprise and data center applications
will help manufacturers deliver solutions faster and drive down
cost and performance through higher levels of integration."
"LSI has a rich history of delivering innovative silicon and
software solutions for enterprise networking and data center
applications," said Charlie Kawwas,
vice president of sales and marketing, Semiconductor Solutions
Group, LSI. "Building upon our heritage, our groundbreaking
multicore silicon solutions are enabling networking OEMs to
accelerate their time to market in delivering and cost-effectively
managing real-time services such as video and collaboration."
The LSI portfolio for enterprise networking applications
includes the following:
- Axxia™ Communication Processors, featuring an asymmetric
multicore architecture with LSI Virtual Pipeline™ message-passing
technology and award-winning Tarari® deep packet inspection
technology.
- StarPro® SP2700 media processor family, including a video
software framework enabling media-aware enterprise networking
features such as real-time transcoding and transrating.
- LSI Tarari Content and Security Processors, featuring the
innovative T2500 that uses deep packet inspection to recognize
which data streams contain malware and which should be prioritized
for better performance.
- Link Communication Processor (LCP), delivering multi-service
WAN connectivity for data center, enterprise and branch office
routers.
- APP3100 multicore communication processor, providing networking
equipment OEMs with a space-efficient and cost-effective solution
for accelerating Carrier Ethernet and network security functions.
The portfolio offers consistent system and software architecture
and tool-chain support, enabling customers to build modular systems
that deliver performance, power and cost leadership while enabling
a fully programmable platform to ensure scalability and
manageability.
To learn more about the LSI portfolio of asymmetric multicore
processors, please visit http://go.lsi.com/xa2x.
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative
silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products
which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content
together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and
services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters,
systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known
brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking
markets. More information is available at www.lsi.com.
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