Network processing: With fragmentation comes opportunity.(Technology Information)

From: EDN | Date: April 12, 2001| Author: Cravotta, Nicholas | Copyright information

AS THE NETWORK-PROCESSING MARKET TAKES A SHARP, CORRECTIVE TURN TOWARD REALITY, MORE PLAYERS ARE ENTERING THE FRAY, PROLIFERATING A WIDER VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURES AND SPECIALTY PROCESSORS IN A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF INNOVATION-AND COMPLEXITY.

THE NETWORK-PROCESSOR MARKET has taken a serious swing away from the one-chip-does-it-all attitude prevalent the last time EDN covered it in detail (Reference 1). Back then, several network-processor vendors (many with no silicon yet ...

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