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Network Processors
2/5/2004 5:25 PM EST
Network Processors
It's Round 2 for network processors
NPU software spawns network architectures
AdvancedTCA helps NPU-based redesigns
Minding network queues with FPGAs and memory
NPUs and fabrics together improve QoS
Choosing an NPU over dedicated chip as manager
Secure networks transcends all constituents
Linux is on the NPU control plane
A new approach to modeling network processors
NPU software taps virtual machine approach
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Network processor comeback
Two years ago, it would have been tempting to dismiss network processors as a waning fad.
Today, after taking some hard knocks, NPU vendors say they are getting their second wind.
In this week's In Focus section, some of them explain what has changed.
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