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- EZchip's NPS-400 will be a 200Gbps duplex chip capable of layer 2 to layer 7 network processing
- The device is being aimed at edge routers and the data centre
- First samples by year end
EZchip Semiconductor has announced a class of network processor capable of performing traditional data plane processing as well as higher layer networking tasks.
EZchip's announced NPS will extend the role of the network processor to encompass layer two to layer seven of the network. Source: EZchip
"It [the device family] is designed to provide processing for all the networking layers, from layer two all the way to layer seven," says Amir Eyal, EZChip’s vice president of business development. Network processors typically offer layer-two and layer-three processing only.
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