A new generation of programmable network processors coming out this year may have a better shot than previous chips at getting into switches and routers, allowing vendors — as well as service ...

Advancements in LAN silicon continue, as Xelerated has started to ship a network processor capable of running 10 Gigabit Ethernet links. The fabless semiconductor company showed the X10q-e processor ...

Cisco is announcing a 40-core network processor Monday that seems designed to upgrade its CRS-1 core router, though the company isn’t saying yet. Cisco won’t actually reveal what it plans to do with ...

The relationship between NPU software and the underlying hardware is critical because of the need for deterministic processing results, even at very high speeds and regardless of peaks or spikes in ...