Interphase Next Generation iSPAN® OCTEON Family of Packet Processor Cards Delivers High Performance to Broadband Networking Applications Using OCTEON II Processors
PLANO, Texas, April 14, 2009 –
Interphase (NASDAQ: INPH), a leading global provider of building blocks, subsystems, and gateway appliance solutions for converged communications networks, is pleased to announce our support for the OCTEON II Processors from Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications. The Interphase line of OCTEON-based products enables application providers to develop extremely fast and powerful wireless, wireline, and converged networking products with a shorter time to market.
As a Cavium PACE (Partnership to Accelerate Customer End-solutions) member, Interphase offers a strong OCTEON-based product line that currently includes four AdvancedMC™ form-factor models: the iSPAN 36CA AMC OCTEON Plus Packet Processor, the iSPAN 36MC1 AMC OCTEON Plus GE RJ-45 Packet Processor, the iSPAN 36MC2 AMC OCTEON Plus 10 GE Packet Processor, the iSPAN 36MC3 AMC OCTEON Plus GE SFP Packet Processor; and two PCI-x models: iSPAN 55CA Quad GE to PCI-x Packet Processor, and iSPAN 55MC8 PCI-x Quad SFP GE Packet Processor. Future models will incorporate the newly announced OCTEON II processors. These NEBS-ready modular solutions come with common software for multiple architectures, which greatly simplifies application development, and Interphase can customize any of these products should it be required. Typical applications for these products include Media Servers, Deep Packet Content Inspection, Node-B/RNCs, Line rate encryption and security functions, VoIP, Stateful Protocol Identification, Edge/Access Routers, and Policy Enforcement.
“With its powerful, onboard OCTEON Plus packet processor, dual-management interface, and upgradeable memory, these iSPAN products are extremely versatile and provide the functionality necessary for migrating to next-generation infrastructures and converged networks. The OCTEON power, combined with iSPAN reliability and the Interphase ready-to-use application and protocol suite, provides our customers a specialized communications interface which can be easily integrated into their solution platforms,” stated Ian MacMillan, Sr. Product Marketing Manager.
“Interphase has proven itself an excellent Cavium partner,” said Tasha Castaneda, Senior Strategic Alliance Manager, for Cavium Networks. “When application providers select Interphase iSPAN products we know that they will be able to get the most out of their OCTEON processors because of the compelling features of the iSPAN line and the technical support that Interphase provides its customers both during the implementation phase and during ongoing operations. Interphase has been a real asset to our partner program.”
The recently announced Cavium Networks next generation OCTEON II Internet Application Processor (IAP) family is designed for the next generation of Hypernetworks serving enterprise, data center, access and service provider markets which require support for converged data, voice and video. The OCTEON II target applications include switches, routers, appliances, equipment for 3G, WiMAX, LTE, wireless LAN, and unified storage systems and adapters. The OCTEON II family integrates 1 to 32 MIPS64 cores, up to 75 Application Acceleration Engines for quality of service, packet processing, TCP, compression, encryption, RAID, de-duplication and regular expression processing, up to 400Gbps of DDR3 memory bandwidth, and up to 100Gbps of network connectivity while consuming only 2W to 60W across the entire family. For more information about OCTEON II please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com/OCTEON_II_MIPS64.html.
About Interphase Corporation
Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH) delivers robust building blocks, highly integrated subsystems and innovative gateway appliances that provide network connectivity, content management, and packet processing for key applications in the wireless and wireline converged communications network. Incorporated in 1977, Interphase built its reputation providing advanced, high-speed input/output (I/O) solutions for telecom and enterprise applications and has established a key leadership role in bringing next generation AdvancedTCA® (ATCA) blades, AdvancedMC™ (AMC), PCI-x, PCI-e, and custom solutions to the marketplace. Headquartered in Plano, Texas with sales offices across the globe, Interphase clients include Alcatel-Lucent, Emerson Network Power, Fujitsu Ltd., Hewlett Packard, Nokia-Siemens Networks, Samsung, and Sun Microsystems. Visit www.interphase.com.
About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications, storage and security applications. Cavium Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software-compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 20 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access and service provider equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium Networks principal offices are in Mountain View, CA with design team locations in California, Massachusetts and India. For more information, please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com.
