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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 11, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 32
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Breaking News - Networking:
Marvell Launches Horizon Family Communication Controller
Marvell, a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband
communications and storage solutions, announced the third generation of the
Horizon family, the industry's most powerful WAN to Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) LAN
communication controller. Built upon two generations of industry leading
Horizon technology, the third generation provides a new level of intelligence
by incorporating high-level enterprise networking features such as network
security and Quality of Service (QoS). The Horizon III family is targeted at
leading OEMs, migrating from Fast Ethernet to GbE, enabling them to build
feature-rich, highly integrated and cost optimized routers.
The rapid transition from Fast Ethernet to GbE in the converged networking
applications market, such as edge routers, media gateways and Voice over IP
equipment has accelerated the need for scalable and cost effective
communication controllers. To meet this demand, Horizon III family of products
integrate on a single chip, varied high performance CPU interfaces supporting
MIPS and PowerPC architectures, allowing OEMs to scale their systems by
choosing the CPU that best fits their performance and cost requirements. In
addition, Marvell offers a complete evaluation and development platform
including schematics and documentation, enabling customers to start system
development at an early stage, reducing the overall system cost and shortening
product development cycles.
A key element of the Horizon III family of products is the inclusion of
Marvell NetGX co-processor technology, tailored to enhance data path
processing such as full IP security encryption and authentication protocols as
well as flow calcification and ATM features. The advanced features will enable
the introduction of highly secured, feature-rich enterprise products with
minimal effort. In addition, Marvell offers an extensive set of production
ready software packages as well as a complete SDK tool chain providing leading
OEMs with the flexibility to develop their own application specific software,
enabling fastest time to market.
"Marvell was the first to support telecom-quality communications to enterprise
customers connecting to the Internet with our Horizon family of controllers,
"said Alon Hurwitz, Director of Product Marketing for the Communications and
System Controllers. "We have been continuously working with our customers to
ensure our third generation of Horizon controllers will meet their anticipated
needs and together with IBM and PMC-Sierra would address the increasing demand
for scalable and integrated solutions."
"IBM PowerPC embedded microprocessors offer superior performance,
scalability, integration, and power efficiency for demanding applications,"
said Lisa Su, Director of PowerPC and Emerging Products, IBM Microelectronics.
"IBM's PowerPC 750FX and 750GX processors, combined with Marvell's new Horizon
communications controller, can offer embedded system designers a high-
performance solution for demanding next-generation applications."
"Today's communications applications must deliver high-bandwidth architectures
which require both high-speed networking interfaces and a high-performance
processor subsystem," said John Monson, Vice President of Marketing for PMC-
Sierra's Microprocessor Products Division. "The PMC-Sierra RM5200,
RM7000 and RM9000 families combined with the Marvell Horizon companion
controller family, deliver the ideal solution to address the scalability and
expanding performance requirements of today's networking marketplace."
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