Dual processor blade

GE Fanuc has announced the AT2-5800 IP packet processor advanced TCA blade.

Featuring two Cavium Octeon Plus 16-core CN5860 multicore processors operating at up to 750 MHz — scalable to 900 MHz — the AT2-5800 enables data and control plane services in the same form factor, providing packet processing as well as performance and cost advantages.

A rear transition module is also available.

The 5800 is designed to enable high-availability systems for telco-grade next-generation network applications including IP multimedia subsystem, IPTV and wireless broadband.

In addition, it is designed to enable rapid application development using open, modular, highly available systems based on AdvancedTCA architectures and can be configured to enable a wide variety of applications where high speed and security are required.

The processors — each of which supports up to 8 GB of DDR2 memory, implemented as packet memory — provide hardware acceleration for security, compression, packet scheduling and quality of service, and deliver up to 10 Gbps line-speed core processing for network layers 2-7.

With dual 16-core processors, the AT2-5800 has 32 MIPS64 cores for high-speed packet processing.

I/O operations are provided through a rear transition module. For application flexibility, the AT2-5800 supports multiple RTM configuration options including any combination of up to 10 ports of IEEE 1000BaseT, 1000BaseSX, or 1000BaseLX via small form factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers.