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NetLogic Microsystems' Knowledge-Based Processors Selected for Tellabs(R) 7100 Optical Transport System

Posted on: Monday, 7 August 2006, 09:00 CDT

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced that its NL6000 knowledge-based processor family has been selected for the Tellabs(R) 7100 optical transport system. The NL6000 series was selected due to its high performance, large database capacity, small package footprint and the industry's lowest power consumption. Tellabs has recently announced that Verizon Communications selected the 7100 system to provide next-generation solutions in the backbone of Verizon's metro networks. Verizon will initially deploy the 7100 in its FiOS Fiber-to-the-Premises triple-play network.

The Tellabs 7100 system is part of the Tellabs DynamicHome(SM) solution, which enables service providers to deliver advanced video, voice and data services to residences and businesses. The Tellabs 7100 system integrates pure optical switching via wavelength selective switches (WSS), ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing), Ethernet switching, next-generation SONET/SDH ADMs (add-drop multiplexers) and DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing) into a single platform. It decreases operating expenses by eliminating network elements and reducing equipment interconnections. The Tellabs 7100 system uses the NL6000 with a network processor to enable wire-speed Ethernet switching capabilities with a rich feature set.

The Verizon FiOS system offers groundbreaking broadband access to residential and business customers by leveraging the enormous capacity of fiber-optic links. By employing pulses of laser light traveling over optical fiber instead of electrical signals traveling over cable or telephone lines, the high-speed FiOS service offers connection speeds of up to 50 Megabits-per-second (Mbps) or up to 30 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream. This enables the delivery of multiple channels of high-definition digital television and movies, multi-media entertainment, and digital voice communications.

"We are excited that our NL6000 knowledge-based processor has been selected for the Tellabs 7100 optical transport system that is being deployed by leading service providers such as Verizon to enable triple-play broadband services," said Ron Jankov, president and chief executive officer of NetLogic Microsystems. "This is further testament to the advanced feature set and processing capabilities of our knowledge-based processors to meet the demands of next-generation networks."

Key to NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processor design is the use of parallel processing, deep pipelining techniques and advanced power management techniques, which allow the device to handle multiple tasks at higher throughput rates while still maintaining the lowest possible system power. Parallel processing enables multiple decisions to be made simultaneously for QoS, access control for security and voice/video packet forwarding, all of which significantly improves the performance of advanced Internet applications such as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video on demand (VoD) and audio video file sharing and downloading. These performance enhancements are even more critical when supporting the IPv6 protocol.

The combination of parallel search capabilities, deep pipelining techniques, lowest power consumption, smallest package size and the highest speed and performance in the marketplace makes NetLogic Microsystems' products an excellent fit for the new generation of switches and routers with advanced QoS, security and IPv6 functionality.

NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors are available in production quantities now. For volume pricing information please contact sales@netlogicmicro.com.

About NetLogic Microsystems

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), a fabless semiconductor company located in Mountain View, Calif., designs, develops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced Internet, corporate and other networking systems, such as routers, switches, network security appliances, network access equipment and networked storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors use an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors from NetLogic Microsystems significantly enhance the ability of networking OEMs to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as application-based routing, voice transmission over the Internet, or VoIP, unified threat management (UTM) network security, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and streaming video and audio. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors are interoperable with industry-leading CPUs, NPUs and routing/switching processors. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call 650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

NetLogic Microsystems and the NetLogic Microsystems logo are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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