DPI Announcements - NetLogic 40Gbps Layer 7 Processing Solution

 

Two months after its rival announcement (see "DPI Announcements - Cavium Networks OCTEON II CN68XX" - here) we get today NetLogic Microsystems 40G announcement - "Hardware and software development kit combines NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class XLP™ multi-core, multi-threaded processor, the NL11k knowledge-based processor and NETL7™ Layer 7 knowledge-based processor into a complete L2 - L7 system solution ".

See "NetLogic Microsystems Announces the Industry's First 40Gbps Wire-Speed and Fully Deterministic Layers 2 - 7 Intelligent Processing Solution" - here.

See more on the network processors for 40 Gbps DPI - here. Cavium and NetLogic (based on the acquired  RMI products) are used by vendors to implement DPI products (see "RMI and Allot Communications Expand Strategic Partnership to Broaden and Accelerate the Development of DPI-based Solutions" - here). So I am not sure what is designated as "industry first" but it is certainly for the vendors to see some competition for the most critical solution’s component.

NetLogic Microsystems’ 40Gbps NLX321103A solution enables next-generation switches, routers, access aggregation, metro Ethernet, service gateways, security appliances and storage appliances to perform uncompromised L2 - L7 packet processing on every packet of traffic with minimal network latency under a wide variety of Internet traffic scenarios, which in turn ensures predictable network behaviors and eliminates network bottlenecks

“NetLogic Microsystems is uniquely positioned to deliver this integrated L2 - L7 system solution that leverages the company’s multiple generations of its multi-core processors, knowledge-based processors and content processors,” said Bob Wheeler, senior analyst at The Linley Group. “The explosive growth of video and mobile-data traffic has made the determinism and line-rate throughput of functions such as IPv6 classification and deep-packet inspection extremely critical to the overall performance for next-generation networks.”

Related post - 'Ticonderoga Securities: "DPI will become critical in LTE networks" - here.