Date: 29/04/2012

100 Gbps full duplex network processor introduced by Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation has announced 100 Gbps full duplex network processor unit (NPU). The company claims that this NPU is the industry's first of it's kind that delivers more than 2X the throughput of any NPU on the market.

The BCM88030 family is built on the XGS core packet processing architecture. The device allows network operators to reduce CAPEX by adapting to emerging protocols.

Features:
1. 64 custom processors operating at 1GHz provide 100GbE carrier switching and routing with full programmability
2. Advanced software development environment and carrier Ethernet switch/router application
3. Look-up algorithm utilizes low-cost DDR3 DRAM for highly scalable MAC & IP tables
4. Integrated OA&M engine, 1588 timing and synchronous Ethernet, 10GbE SerDes and 1/10/40/100GbE Ethernet MACs
5. Integration with XLP multi-core processors for control plane processing

The BCM88030 family consists of three devices, including the 100 Gbps BCM88038 NPU, the 50 Gbps BCM88034 NPU and the BCM88032 24 Gbps NPU. All devices are now sampling with production volume slated for the second half of 2012.