Date: 05/02/2010

Single-chip, dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller from Broadcom

Broadcom has introduced the BCM57712, a new single-chip, dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) converged network interface controller (C-NIC) for server LAN-on-motherboard (LOM), add-in network card and storage adapter, enterprise and data center applications.

The BCM57712 IC enables bi-directional 10 Gbps line rates on two ports, with throughput of 40 Gbps. It also delivers a storage performance of over one million IOPS (input/output operations per second) for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI offload.

The key features of the BCM57712 10 GbE C-NIC are,

Enables simultaneous processing of network, storage, and management traffic on-chip
The convergence of different traffic types over a single Ethernet fabric
On-chip protocol acceleration combined with high performance, advanced virtualization and congestion management features
Support IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) to complement it's offload technology, allow a system to save 22 watts of system power per 10GbE port
Provides high throughput and low latency, which are critical for the cloud computing market

The BCM57712 C-NIC is part of Broadcom's NetXtreme II controller family, which provides networking and storage connectivity, and hardware-based acceleration and offload capabilities that free the server CPU for application processing tasks.

Vinod Lakhani, Senior Director & General Manager, Broadcom's High-Speed Controller line of business said, "With the incredible growth of content that challenges today's data centers, networking infrastructure truly needs the 10GbE speed upgrade to support the demand for increased bandwidth. Our BCM57712 achieves the highest bi-directional dual-port throughput performance possible for 10GbE networking and is the only solution today that performs simultaneous offload over a single port in any desired combination. The higher throughput and low latency makes this solution ideal for data intensive applications supporting cloud computing and financial services networks as well as storage HBA applications looking to benefit from high IOPS."

Availability: Now in samples

For more details visit www.broadcom.com