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ISBN10: 0071409866 | ISBN13: 9780071409865

Network Processors, 1st Edition

ISBN10: 0071409866
ISBN13: 9780071409865
By Panos C. Lekkas

© 2003 Published July 28, 2003

ISBN10: 0071409866 | ISBN13: 9780071409865

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ISBN10: 0071409866 | ISBN13: 9780071409865

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Explains how network processors work and provides detailed information on all major commercial architectures, from features to design considerations


Network processing units (NPUs) will be the occasion of sweeping changes in the network hardware industry over the next few years. This new breed of microchip impacts chip designers like Intel, equipment vendors like Cisco, application developers like IBM and Morotola, and an army of software engineers who spent the last decade working on protocols and network management solutions.A thoroughly practical dissection of the early NPU market, this designer's guide explains how network processors work and provides detailed information on all major commercial architectures, from features to design considerations. Comparative tables are a rich source of cross-industry info. Coverage includes traffic managers, classification chips, content-addressable memories, switch fabrics, security accelerators, storage coprocessors and NetASICs.

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1: The Evolution of Network Technology: Distributed Computing and the Convergence of Networks

Chapter 2: Network Processors: Justification

Chapter 3: Packet Processing

PART 2: NETWORK PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

Chapter 4: IBM PowerNP(tm)

Chapter 5: Intel IXA(tm) Network Processors

Chapter 6: AMCC nP(tm) Family of Network Processors

Chapter 7: Agere PayloadPlus(r) Family of Network Processors

Chapter 8: Motorola's C-Port(tm) Family of Network Processors

Chapter 9: Other NPU Architectures

Chapter 10: Alternative Approaches to Network Processing: Net ASICs and Designing with IP Cores

PART 3: PERIPHERAL CHIPS SUPPORTING NETWORK PROCESSORS: STORAGE PROCESSORS, CLASSIFICATION PROCESSORS, SEARCH ENGINES, SWITCH FABRICS, AND TRAFFIC MANAGERS

Chapter 11: Storage Network Processors (SNPs)

Chapter 12: Search Engines

Chapter 13: Classification Processors

Chapter 14: Switch Fabrics

Chapter 15: Traffic Managers

PART 4: PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER

Chapter 16: Systems Engineering Issues

PART 5: SECURITY COPROCESSORS

Chapter 17: Security Coprocessors

LIST OF ACRONYMS

APPENDIX I: OVERVIEW OF NETWORK-PROCESSOR PRODUCTS AND PLATFORMS

APPENDIX II: TYPICAL TRAFFIC LOAD (in Millions of Packets per Second) CORRESPONDENCE AT VARIOUS LINK SPEEDS AND PACKET SIZES

APPENDIX III: STANDARDIZATION EFFORTS IN NETWORK PROCESSING

INDEX

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