Celoxica Design Used to Develop Open Source IP For Internet Protocol (IPv6) Services Applications
ESL Design Technologies Accelerate Development of Open-Source
Libraries of Hardware Accelerated Network Devices For IPv6 Routing,
Filtering and Network Monitoring
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 5, 2005—
Celoxica (LSE:CXA) today announced the large scale deployment of
its system-level design technologies supporting rapid development of
advanced internet protocol (IP) services such as IP version 6 (IPv6)
and multi-protocol label switching (MPLS).
CESNET research team in the Czech Republic are using Celoxica's DK
Design Suite to develop firmware used in programmable hardware
accelerators based on off-the-shelf programmable logic devices and
implement the very complex protocols needed for IPv6 enabled
applications. Celoxica's platform abstraction layer API will be used
to allow application reuse across different programmable hardware
platforms without additional development. The intellectual property
created will be made available to other IPv6 development teams though
open-source licensing.
IPv6 is intended to solve the address limitations of IPv4, with
too few IP addresses available for the future demand of device
connectivity that now includes mobile phones, computing devices and
mobile networks. Currently IPv4 supports only 4.2 billion addresses,
which is inadequate for giving one address to every person, much less
support the burgeoning market for fixed and wireless connected
devices. IPv6 addresses this problem by supporting 340 undecillion
(1036) addresses and gives the opportunity for high performance value
added applications such as hardware accelerated virus scanning, spam
filtering, content blocking and real-time video and HDTV over IP.
"CESNET is one of the world leaders in IPv6 network deployments
and we have been intensively working on the development of specialized
programmable network PCI cards to accelerate IPv6 network traffic
monitoring and packet routing," said Jiri Novotny, leader of CESNET
activity Programmable hardware and system architect of Liberouter. "By
using C-based design to create firmware for our network accelerators,
not only can we quickly implement the complex algorithms and models
that are needed, but the IT professionals and end users who are
familiar with C-based design can customize and tune the network
devices themselves."
Called 'COMBO', the family of wire speed IPv6 network accelerator
platforms developed by CESNET utilizes TI embedded processors and
Spartan 3, Virtex II, Virtex II Pro and Virtex 4FX FPGA devices from
Xilinx, with either PCI or PCI Express interconnect. Programmed using
Celoxica's DK Design Suite the COMBO family gives developers the
possibility to work with "open-hardware" and use it in the same way as
open-source software. Celoxica's Platform Abstraction Layer (PAL)
open-API means that the same developers can create IPv6 enabled
applications and IP to a single set of interfaces and independent of
board level detail.
"IPv6 provides the plug and play convergence layer needed between
applications and the Internet and its deployment is critical to
realizing the promise of smart, connected devices in the home, work
place and on the move," Jeff Jussel, vice president of worldwide
marketing for Celoxica. "Our design solutions mean we can not only
accelerate the performance of IPv6 enabled applications, but deliver
them to the end user faster and support wider development though open
source provision."
About Celoxica
A leader in electronic system level design (ESL), Celoxica is
enabling the next generation of advanced electronic products by
producing tools, boards, IP and services that turn software into
silicon. Celoxica technology raises design abstraction to the
algorithm level, accelerating productivity and lowering risk and costs
by generating semiconductor hardware directly from C-based software
descriptions. Adding to a growing installed base, Celoxica provides
the world's most widely used C-based behavioral design and synthesis
solutions to companies developing semiconductor products in markets
such as consumer electronics, defense and aerospace, automotive,
industrial and security. Celoxica is a publicly traded company on the
Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange under the
symbol CXA. For more information, visit: www.celoxica.com.
About CESNET
CESNET was founded by universities and the Academy of Sciences of
the Czech Republic. It is currently financed primarily by its members
and the Research and Development Council. The association operates and
develops CESNET2, the national gigabit optical network intended for
research and education, and participates in the research and
development of information and communication technologies. Thanks to
its research activities and achieved results, the CESNET association
represents the Czech Republic in the European GN2 project, as well as
in other international projects. Among other countries, the
association currently cooperates with Canada, the Netherlands, and the
USA on the construction of GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility), a
global lambda network whose Czech section is called CzechLight, visit:
www.ces.net.
Celoxica and the Celoxica logo are trademarks of Celoxica Holdings
plc. All other brand names and product names are the property of their
respective owners
Contact:
Celoxica Ltd.
Jeff Jussel, 512-795-8170
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