AMCC Builds Upon Successful nP3700 Family with Integrated Network Processor and Traffic Manager Devices for Access and Metro Applications
SAN DIEGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 18, 2005—
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) (NASDAQ:AMCC):
-- Utilizing AMCC's Proven nP5(TM), Fifth Generation Network
Processor Architecture, the nP3740 and nP3750 Enable Customers
to Reduce Power, Density and Cost While Offering Greater
Design Flexibility and Richer Levels of Hierarchy
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) (NASDAQ:AMCC) today
announced the nP3740 and nP3750, the newest members of the nP3700
family of 5Gbps integrated network processors and traffic managers.
Optimized for packet processing applications within the access and
metro transport markets, the nP3740 and nP3750 maintain best-in-class
network processing performance, traffic management and software
compatibility that system vendors require today.
The previously released nP3700 and nP3710 network processors
target Multi-Service Switches, Core, Edge Routers, DSLAMs and OC-48
AAL5 SAR applications, whereas the new nP3740 and nP3750 devices are
designed for applications including Metro Ethernet, IP Access
Platforms, PON Access, Session border controllers and Voice gateways,
offering a more customized focus on the access and transport markets.
The devices are pin and software compatible with the previously
released nP3700 family of NPU solutions and boast the highest
performance and lowest power and board area requirements of existing
integrated network processing and traffic manager devices. Offering
multiple generations of network processors targeting the access and
metro transport applications, AMCC further delivers unparalleled power
in an integrated hardware traffic manager with the nP3740 and nP3750.
"Requirements for the evolving access metro transport market are
driving customers to support COS queuing, subscriber separation, flow
and queue level traffic shaping into logical ports such as VCAT
channels, and physical ports such Gigabit Ethernet or fractional
Gigabit Ethernet ports. AMCC's nP3700 traffic manager supports five
levels of hierarchy and multiple levels of shaping to meet these
evolving requirements," said Daryn Lau, vice president and general
manager for AMCC's Communications Group. "By building on the success
of our nP3700 solution with the nP3740 and nP3750, we can provide an
even broader portfolio of flexible programming environments, high
levels of performance and traffic management capabilities that are
critical to our customers."
The devices were designed from the ground up using AMCC's nP5(TM)
technology, enabling developers to deliver extremely fine-grained
control of subscriber traffic without impacting the ability to perform
complex ATM and packet internetworking at media speeds. The nP3740 and
nP3750 also utilize highly optimized hardware co-processors and
traffic manager hardware surrounding a fully programmable processor
core.
A Metro Ethernet software application, C programming environment,
integrated development environment and hardware reference design are
all available with the nP3740 and nP3750 solutions. Compatible with
AMCC's line of terminating framers, the nP3740 and nP3750 are also
available in three speed grades and in Commercial and industrial
temperature ratings.
AMCC at The Linley Group's Access System Design Seminar
AMCC will be participating in The Linley Group's Access System
Design Seminar, which is taking place on July 21, 2005, from 9:00 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m., at the Marriott Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. AMCC will be
speaking in sessions and panels highlighting access-focused NPUs and
CPUs. For more information about AMCC's involvement in this event,
please visit http://www.amcc.com/Compinfo/tradeshows.htm#Speaking.
Availability
Each packaged in a 1935 HC-BGA, AMCC's nP3740 and nP3750 will
begin sampling in Q3 2005 with volume production commencing in Q1
2006. For additional technical information on the nP3740, visit
http://www.amcc.com/BestInClass/nP3740/. For additional technical
information on the nP3750, visit
http://www.amcc.com/BestInClass/nP3750/. For a photo of the nP3740,
visit http://www.amcc.com/BestInClass/nP3740Photo/. For a photo of the
nP3750, visit http://www.amcc.com/BestInClass/nP3750Photo/.
About AMCC
AMCC provides the essential building blocks for the processing,
moving and storing of information worldwide. The company blends
systems and software expertise with high-performance, high-bandwidth
silicon integration to deliver silicon, hardware and software
solutions for global wide area networks (WAN), embedded applications
such as PowerPC and programmable SOC architectures, storage area
networks (SAN), and high-growth storage markets such as Serial ATA
(SATA) RAID. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in San Diego,
California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the
world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our web
site at http://www.amcc.com.
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NOTE TO EDITORS: In the product name nP5, "5" should appear as a
superscript.
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