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Cavium Networks Announces Customer Sampling of OCTEON(TM) Multi-Core MIPS64(TM) Processors; Demonstrates OCTEON at SUPERCOMM 2005

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 09:00 CDT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium Networks, a worldwide leader in security, network services and embedded processor solutions, today announced that the OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64-based network services processor is sampling to customers. Cavium Networks will showcase OCTEON and its industry-leading L3-L7 performance at SUPERCOMM 2005 in Chicago, Illinois from June 7 to June 9, 2005 in meeting room # 91030. OCTEON Processors are being integrated by Network Equipment OEMs into routers, switches, content switches, security & application-aware gateways, anti-virus & IPS gateways, broadband gateways, wireless equipment and network storage equipment.

To reserve a private demonstration of the OCTEON processor and meeting time at SUPERCOMM 2005, please use the online reservation form at: http://www.caviumnetworks.com/Supercomm-demo-2005.html .

OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64 processors address the needs of next-generation networking equipment ranging in performance from 200Mbps to 10Gbps. The OCTEON family offers a scalable, fully software compatible processor line with 2 to 16 MIPS64-based cores in a single chip and power ranging from under 5 to 29 Watts. OCTEON is the only processor that integrates a complete range of hardware acceleration essential for L3-L7 applications, which includes packet processing, TCP, multi-core scaling, compression/decompression, pattern matching, and encryption. Further, OCTEON integrates flexible networking interfaces with 8x Gigabit Ethernet ports (RGMII) or dual SPI-4.2 interfaces, a host/slave PCI-X 64bit/133MHz bus and multiple memory interfaces with support for up to 800MHz DDR 1/2, 72-bit/144-bit wide DRAM and 2x 18-bit wide optional low-latency RLDRAM.

About Cavium Networks

Cavium Networks is a worldwide leader in security, network services and embedded processing semiconductor solutions. Cavium Networks' award-winning NITROX and MIPS64-based OCTEON families of processors and accelerator boards offer flexible, scalable and highly integrated solutions delivering 50Mbps to 10Gbps performance. The company's products are integrated into a wide range of networking equipment that include routers, gateways, network appliances, content switches, wireless LAN access/aggregation points, servers and storage networking devices. Cavium Networks is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, CA with development centers in Marlboro, MA and Hyderabad, India. For more information, please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com/ .

NOTE: OCTEON(TM) and NITROX(TM) are trademarks of Cavium Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Product photos and datasheets are available upon request. All rights reserved.

Cavium Networks, Inc.

CONTACT: Amer Haider of Cavium Networks, Inc., +1-650-623-7002, oramer.haider@caviumnetworks.com

Web site: http://www.cavium.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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