BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, October 24, 2003 - Xelerated announced that its X10q-e, the first available 40 Gbps Network Processor, won two prestigious industry awards at the NPC West. At the awards ceremony held on Wednesday evening, October 22, Xelerated was awarded the 2003 Best Network Processor award as well as the Overall Best of Show award. Entries were judged based on technology, innovation and industry impact.
The XeleratorTM X10q-e Network Processor is based on the company's innovative PISCTM data flow architecture. The efficiency of the data flow architecture sets a new standard for cost/performance, delivering 40 Gbps of wire speed throughput while dissipating only 6.5 Watts at a cost of $490. This makes it possible for the X10q-e to compete with ASICs for both high-end enterprise and metro Ethernet applications.
"We are very proud to be recognized by the industry as one of the leaders in this space. Being the recipient of both the Best Network Processor award and the Overall Best of Show award is a great acknowledgement of our technology and the Xelerated team," said Johan Börje, CEO of Xelerated.
Judges for the 2003 NPC Best of Show awards included the Conference Director and President of The Linley Group, Linley Gwennap, Bob Wheeler of The Linley Group, John Metz of Metz International, Allan Armstrong of RHK and Stephen Hardy of Lightwave. This is the second year the Network Processors Conference held the Best of Show awards competition.
"Xelerated was recognized for the X10q-e's innovative architecture, impressive feature set and high performance. By setting an industry standard in terms of price, performance and power, the X10q-e has the potential to bring programmability to the enterprise Ethernet market," said Linley Gwennap, principal analyst of The Linley Group and Conference Director of NPC West.
About Xelerated
Xelerated is recognized as the only network processor vendor having combined the efficiency of an ASIC with the programmability of traditional network processors. This extraordinary efficiency translates into the most cost effective solution with the highest functionality per port and lowest power consumption on the market. The company sampled its first generation of network processors in February 2003. The XeleratorTM X10q family of network processors consists of three products: the X10q-e, optimized for enterprise Ethernet and OC48 solutions; the X10q-m for advanced metro Ethernet applications; and the X10q-w for the high-end Sonet/SDH products. All products are equipped with 4 SPI4.2 ports. Xelerated has offices in Burlington, San Jose and Stockholm. Additional information is available at www.xelerated.com