Ultra High-Performance MIPS64(R) Architecture Powers Cavium's New Multi-Core Processors
08 February 2012 - 12:15AM
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
home, networking and mobile applications, announced that its
MIPS64® architecture is powering the new 28nm OCTEON® III MIPS64
family of multicore processors from Cavium, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAVM), a
leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent
processing for networking, communications, and the digital home.
OCTEON III processors are designed for the enterprise, data center,
access and service provider markets, which require increasing
support for converged data, voice and video. To address this need,
the OCTEON III family introduced today by Cavium integrates 1 to 48
MIPS64 cores at up to 2.5GHz, providing up to 120GHz of 64-bit
compute power per chip.
Cavium's previous generation OCTEON II processor family was
recently named "Best Embedded Processor" of 2011 by The Linley
Group. The OCTEON III family builds upon this award-winning
product, incorporating more cores and features to address markets
including cloud computing, high-end core and edge routers, metro
Ethernet, enterprise switches, 3G/4G/LTE base-stations, enterprise
security gateways and appliances, storage networking and mobile
core infrastructure equipment.
"Leveraging the industry-standard MIPS64 architecture and its
broad ecosystem built over more than 20 years, we are delivering
groundbreaking processors with an unprecedented level of compute
power using a standard ISA. We surpassed the world's highest
CoreMark Benchmark Score for standards-based processors with our
OCTEON II family in 2011, and we continue to deliver leading-edge
performance with the release of our OCTEON III processors. These
processors are proliferating across tier-one companies who
recognize the unique value of our processors in this new era of
terabit computing," said Rajiv Khemani, Chief Operating Officer,
Cavium.
"Cavium is keeping one step ahead of the industry's appetite for
ever-more sophisticated multi-core processor technologies capable
of processing increasingly large amounts of data. We are pleased
that Cavium continues its innovation around the 64-bit MIPS
architecture, which has been the basis of a wide range of
networking equipment, servers and other equipment since 1991. As
data traffic increases across wired and mobile networks for
streaming media, cloud computing and storage networking, companies
are increasingly looking to the MIPS architecture to provide the
high performance and efficiency needed for the next generation of
products," said Sandeep Vij, President and CEO, MIPS
Technologies.
With the OCTEON III family, multiple chips can be combined into
a single logical high-performance processor using Cavium's
innovative new chip interconnect architecture. All OCTEON III
processors also incorporate new dedicated hardware engines to speed
search, protocol parsing and traffic management, as well as
enhanced cryptography, compression and deep packet inspection
engines. For more information about OCTEON III, visit:
http://www.cavium.com/OCTEON-III_CN7XXX.html.
The MIPS64 architecture sets a new performance standard for
64-bit MIPS-Based™ embedded processors. By incorporating powerful
features, standardizing privileged mode instructions, supporting
past ISAs and providing an upgrade path from the MIPS32®
architecture, the MIPS64 architecture provides a solid
high-performance foundation for future MIPS processor-based
development. A broad and mature infrastructure and ecosystem around
the MIPS64 architecture, including operating systems, middleware,
development tools and more, provides MIPS64 licensees with clear
benefits for 64-bit applications.
About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some
of the world's most popular products for the home entertainment,
communications, networking and portable multimedia markets. These
include broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer
devices from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital
set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, 32-bit
microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from
Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For
more information, contact (408) 530-5000 or visit www.mips.com.
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MIPS Technologies
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