STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, March 6, 2002 - Xelerated, a leading developer of high-performance network processors, today announced that it has teamed with Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), a leading provider of integrated circuits for system memory and advanced communications systems, to speed up the availability of "off-the-shelf" solutions for 10 Gbps router and switch line-card solutions.
Xelerated will work with Infineon to produce a line-card reference design based on the XeleratorTM Traffic Manager, and Infineon's Reduced Latency DRAM, RLDRAMTM. The purpose of the reference board is to verify interoperability and demonstrate a working solution for high-end traffic management applications, characterized by very demanding requirements with regard to buffer capacity, bandwidth and jitter.
"We are very pleased to have Infineon join us as a partner in our partnership program," said Thomas Eklund, Director of Business Development at Xelerated. "By combining our traffic manager and RLDRAM, we can offer system vendors traffic management solutions with unbeatable quality of service characteristics at speeds of 10 Gbps and above."
The objective of Xelerated's partnership program is to enable system vendors to design complete 10-40 Gbps full-duplex systems during 2002. As one of the leading developers of network-processor solutions, Xelerated brings together leading component companies, in a joint effort to create a "one-stop-shop" for system vendors with "best-in-class" components for metro, edge and core router line-card solutions.
"High-performance RLDRAM is optimized to offer very high bandwidth and ultra-fast random access," said, Dr. Ernst Strasser, Marketing Director for Graphics Memory and Specialty DRAM Products at Infineon Technologies. "Xelerated has one of the most promising solutions for high-end networking solutions on the market today, and this collaboration will help to accelerate the availability of advanced, high-speed traffic management solutions".
XeleratorTM Traffic Manager
Xelerated's traffic manager for metro, edge and core applications has full support for diffserv and various switch fabric interfaces. The traffic manager delivers full wire-speed starting at 40 byte packets and has a built in SAR engine to support variable packet and cell sizes. It can also be used towards the line interface to support powerful channelization. The XeleratorTM Traffic Manager together with the XeleratorTM Packet Processor provides a complete data-plane solution for 10, 20 and 40 Gbps.
RLDRAM
RLDRAM is offered in two organizations: 8M x 32 and 16M x 16. Operating at clock frequencies up to 300 MHz and using a DDR interface, RLDRAM supports a sustained bandwidth of 2.4 Gbytes/s, while allowing random access within each of its 8 banks. The innovative memory architecture of the components allows ultra-fast random access with row cycle times down to 25ns, compared to standard DRAM row cycle times of 50ns and more. RLDRAM thereby closes the gap between DRAM and fast SRAM, offering an ideal solution for networking and cache applications.Infineon and Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) are co-developing RLDRAM products. The co-development ensures multiple sources of pin and function compatible products.More information about RLDRAM is available at www.rldram.com
About Xelerated
Xelerated (formerly Xelerated Packet Devices) is a fabless semiconductor company founded in August 2000 developing network processors and associated software for manufacturers of high-capacity networking equipment. Xelerated's flexible product offering allows system vendors to build line-card solutions with anything from 1 to 4 ports of 10 Gbps. This immediately positions Xelerated for the 10 Gbps market, as well as for the 40 Gbps market. Xelerated's network processor family, based on its breakthrough PISCTM architecture, provides system vendors with a unique ability to differentiate themselves through extensive application programmability while maintaining guaranteed wire-speed performance. Additional information about the company and its products is available at www.xelerated.com
XeleratorTM and PISCTM are trademarks of Xelerated.
Press Contacts:
Thomas Eklund, Director of Business Development, Xelerated
Phone: +46 8 506 257 53, Mobile: +46 733 27 97 89
E-mail: thomas.eklund@xelerated.com