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Network Processor Design
8/2/2002 2:21 PM EDT
Network Processor Design
Packets challenge next-gen nets
Programmable NPUs 'edge' out ASICs
Selecting an appropriate programming model
Packet processing needs balance between architecture, network
Modular design framework allows network processor software reuse
Network processors need a new programming methodology
A case for using a specialized language for NPU Design
Developers must balance NPU programmablity and performance issues
Developing a really bad case of "dj vu" right now are developers in the newly emerging market for embedded networking who were working in the decade just after the introduction of the microprocessor in the early 1970s.
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