Apr 11, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark: TPACK today announced the introduction of a new SOFTSILICON product, the SMARTPACK TPX3103 52 Gbps Carrier Packet Engine. The TPX3103 is an upgraded version of the popular TPX3100 PBB-TE/T-MPLS/VPLS Carrier Packet Engine, which was the first commercial chip solution to offer support for all of these protocols simultaneously.
The TPX3103 is based on an Altera Stratix III FPGA, resulting in a lower power consumption of 12W per device. Based on a mated device configuration, the TPX3103 can provide a maximum non-blocking, full duplex switching capacity of 52 Gbps allowing a maximum of 48x 1 Gigabit or 4x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. As a SOFTSILICON product, it is offered as a standard chip similar to an ASSP, but has the advantage of allowing rapid updates in response to changes in PBB-TE, T-MPLS and VPLS standards, which are likely to occur over the coming years.
“Due to the number of new concepts continually introduced in the emerging Carrier Ethernet segment, such as PBT (PBB-TE) and T-MPLS, OEMs are unsure which concepts will become the de-facto standard for supporting Carrier Ethernet services," said Aileen Arcilla, Principal Analyst at IDC. "Unlike NPUs and Network Processing ASSPs, offering a FPGA-based solution can allow OEMs to address the flexibility in support and time-to-market issues associated with rapid changes in Carrier Ethernet requirements."
Ideal for Carrier Ethernet Gateway devices, the TPX3103 provides full, proven hardware support for PBB-TE and T-MPLS OAM, allowing protection switching times well within the 50msec carrier grade specification. This capability was demonstrated as part of the EANTC Interoperability showcase held at Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2007.
For more details see here: http://www.tpack.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Public_Attachment/EANTC-CEWC07-WhitePaper-Final5.pdf
In addition, the TPX3103 provides extended security control with Access Control Lists, more RMON monitoring capabilities and enhanced ingress flow control mechanisms making the TPX3103 suitable for application in a number of platforms including Carrier Ethernet Switches, MSPPs and Packet Optical Transport Platforms.
For more information on the TPX3103 see here: http://www.tpack.com/products-and-solutions/smartpack-products/carrier-packet-engines/tpx3103.html
The TPX3103 is now available. For pricing contact TPACK at info@tpack.com or visit our website www.tpack.com/contact.
TPACK’s SMARTPACK line of SOFTSILICON products targets Packet Transport applications supporting packet switching, traffic management and packet mapping of Ethernet, IP/MPLS, VPLS/PWE3, PBB-TE/PBT and T-MPLS packet data over fibre, PDH, SONET/SDH and WDM/OTN. With well over 100 design-ins with 8 of the top 10 optical telecom equipment manufacturers, TPACK’s solutions have a proven track record in supporting high performance, flexible system applications.
To learn more about the SOFTSILICON concept, see TPACK’s new whitepaper at: http://www.tpack.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Public_Attachment/SOFTSILICON_for_Flexible_Packet_Transport_web_v1.1.pdf
For more information on TPACK SMARTPACK products see: http://www.tpack.com/products-and-solutions/smartpack-products.html
For additional information contact:
Daniel Joseph Barry Director Marketing, TPACK
Tel: +45 88701985
Email: danjoe.barry@tpack.com
About TPACK
TPACK provides embedded software solutions based on re-programmable chips, specifically Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). TPACK SOFTSILICON and SOFTSYSTEM solutions help Telecom Equipment Manufacturers to accelerate system development and lower implementation risk while at the same time providing the flexibility to modify, extend and customize functionality in response to dynamic market and customer demands. TPACK's SMARTPACK line of products addresses Packet Transport and Carrier Ethernet applications including support for integrated packet processing & traffic management of MPLS, PBB-TE/PBT, T-MPLS, VPLS/PWE3 and mapping to NG-SONET/SDH & NG-PDH. TPACK’s customer base includes 8 of the top 10 Telecom Optical Equipment Manufacturers.