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LOS GATOS, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearwater Networks, formerly XStream Logic, an innovator in the development of next-generation network services processors, today announced that the company, along with Altera Corporation, Hynix Semiconductor, and Marvell is developing a hardware reference design for multi-gigabit advanced network services. Key components include Clearwater Network's CNP810SP network services processor, Altera's System-On-A-Programmable Chip (SOPC) products, Marvell's Alaska(TM) Gigabit Ethernet PHY transceiver and GalNet® switching and routing products, and Hynix's high-performance DDR SDRAM.

The reference board is designed to allow customers to rapidly develop and deploy advanced networking services such as URL-based web switching, SSL acceleration, network address translation (NAT), IPv6 gateways, and content-aware traffic shaping.

``We are very pleased to announce our relationship with Altera Corporation, Hynix Semiconductor, and Marvell,'' said Sundar Rajan, Director of Systems Engineering at Clearwater Networks. ``These companies are leading suppliers of advanced solutions for networking equipment, providing industry-leading solutions for high-performance programmable logic, DRAM's, and gigabit networking, respectively. Establishing a close working relationship with these companies has been instrumental in developing a robust and reliable system implementation. Additionally, these relationships enabled us to accelerate our development schedules and significantly improve the quality, reliability, and performance of our design.''

``In order to provide a solution for processing network traffic at data rates up to 12.8 Gbps, Clearwater Networks required a correspondingly high-performance system-level logic integration solution,'' said Hiro Higuma, Director of Communications Market Segment at Altera. ``Leveraging the power of Altera's APEX(TM) 20KE devices and POS-PHY Level 3 intellectual property allows Clearwater Networks to provide their customers with a clear blueprint for implementing reliable, high-speed connectivity to the CNP810SP processor.''

``In advanced networking equipment, it is critical to be able to deliver a memory subsystem that delivers high performance with minimal latency and strong reliability,'' stated Tony H. Jung, Strategic Marketing Manager at Hynix. ``Hynix Semiconductor has worked closely with Clearwater Networks to ensure that system designers can take advantage of Hynix's industry-leading, highest performance memory -- up to 300 MHz DDR SDRAM -- through Clearwater's high-performance memory controller.''

``We are excited that Clearwater Networks chose to use Marvell's Alaska Gigabit Ethernet PHY and GalNet switching and routing devices on this reference platform. Their CNP810SP reference platform enables existing GalNet customers to rapidly and easily add complex, high-performance web switching, security, IPv6, and other higher-layer functionality to existing GalNet-based systems,'' said Weili Dai, Marvell's Executive Vice President of the Communications Business Group. ``Furthermore, Marvell is proud to support Clearwater Networks with the highest performance, technology-rich Gigabit Ethernet PHY solutions on the market today.''

Clearwater Networks is developing the industry's first single-processor packet processing solution capable of performing 7-layer packet processing at 10-Gigabit data rates. The company is building solutions designed to provide advanced networking services in core and edge routers, load-balancing web switches, network appliances, and storage devices. Clearwater Networks' products address a wide variety of applications and advanced services by using a simple, single-processor architecture that reduces system complexity and improves customers' time-to-market.

About Altera

Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was founded in 1983 and is leading supplier of programmable logic devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores, system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the Internet at http://www.altera.com/ .

About Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Hynix Semiconductor Inc., formerly Hyundai Electronics, is an industry leader in the development, sales, marketing and distribution of high-quality semiconductors (including DRAM, SRAM, Flash memory and system IC devices), telecommunications and liquid crystal displays. The Semiconductor Group of Hynix is the world's largest DRAM supplier with 10 semiconductor manufacturing facilities worldwide, and production capacity of over 350,000 wafer starts per month. In addition, Hynix is expanding its system IC business unit with leading technology and added deep-submicron foundry services to strategically broaden its overall semiconductor presence and achieve its goal of leading the global semiconductor market. Based in Korea, Hynix maintains development, manufacturing, sales and marketing facilities strategically located worldwide. More information on Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and its products is available from the company's web site at http://www.hynix.com/ .

About Marvell

Marvell, a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband system-level IC solutions for Internet connectivity and infrastructure, comprises Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MTGL) and its subsidiaries, Marvell Semiconductor Inc. (MSI), Marvell Asia Pte Ltd. (MAPL), Marvell Japan K.K. (MJKK), and Galileo Technology Ltd. (GTL). On behalf of MTGL, MSI designs, develops and markets integrated circuits utilizing proprietary Communications Mixed-Signal Processing (CMSP) and digital signal processing technologies for communications signal processing markets. MAPL is headquartered in Singapore and is responsible for Marvell's production and distribution operations. GTL develops high-performance communications Internetworking and switching products for the broadband communications market. MSI is headquartered at 645 Almanor Avenue, Sunnyvale, California, 94085; phone: 408-222-2500, fax: 408-328-0120. Marvell's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol MRVL. More information on Marvell is available on the Internet at http://www.marvell.com/ .

About Clearwater Networks, Inc.

Clearwater Networks, formerly XStream Logic, is a leader in the development of network services processors optimized for performing advanced Layer 4-7 packet processing at multi-gigabit data rates. The company is committed to providing the first network processor family designed to address a wide array of packet-processing applications, including high-performance networking, server I/O, and storage applications. The company's Board of Directors includes high-tech industry and finance leaders such as Kevin Fong, Managing Partner of Mayfield, and Dado Banatao, General Partner of Tallwood Ventures, and Ankur Sahu of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Other directors include Joseph Kennedy, President, Chairman and CEO at Pluris, Inc., Charles Carinalli, Chairman and CEO of Adaptive Silicon, Mario Nemirovsky, and Dan O'Neill, President and CEO of Clearwater Networks. Clearwater Networks is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. The company can be reached at 408-376-1500, or visit their corporate web site at http://www.clearwaternetworks.com/ .

NOTE: Clearwater Networks and CNP810SP are trademarks of Clearwater Networks, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective companies.