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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX PLATFORM FPGAS ENABLE LATEST 160 Gbps
SWITCH FABRIC FROM TERACHIP
TeraChip revolutionizes MAN, SAN and LAN switch fabrics
with Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
SANTA CLARA, Calif., - January 31, 2005 At the DesignCon Technology
Exhibition today, Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) announced that TeraChip,
a fabless developer of next generation switch fabrics with offices
in Palo Alto and Israel, is using Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Platform
FPGAs to implement key functional elements of its revolutionary
memory-based TCF16X10 switching fabric. Leveraging breakthrough
technology, the TeraChip TCF16X10 breaks new ground by switching
160 Gbps in a single 15W chip. TeraChip selected the Virtex-II Pro
FPGA over competing devices based on its on-board 3.125Gbps SERDES.
Xilinx devices are the only FPGAs in the industry to offer integrated
PowerPC embedded technology and 3.125 Gbps serial transceivers.
Having first considered an ASIC, the TeraChip design team found
that diverse customer requirements made such a solution impractical.
By using the flexible FPGA fabric, TeraChip can now easily adjust
each solution to meet individual customer requirements. TeraChip
plans on using Xilinx latest Virtex-4 domain-optimized FPGAs in
their next generation products to further reduce cost and increase
performance.
According to TeraChip's design team, Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Platform
FPGAs provided the right balance of performance and flexibility
needed to address their customer requirements. Not only did this
translate to better price points; it also resulted in faster time-to-market.
About the TeraChip TCF16X10 Switch
The first in a series of fully scalable silicon solutions, the TCF16X10
helps system vendors reduce development costs and cycles. Each device
supports 16 ports at 10Gbps full duplex per port, resulting in 160
Gbps switching throughput capacity that can expand to 1.28Tbps.
Designed for switch vendors serving the enterprise (LAN), storage
(SAN) and metro (MAN) markets, the TCF16X10 is capable of switching
data streams of 10Gbps (OC-192 and 10G Ethernet) in non-blocking,
single-chip shared-memory architecture with eight priority queues
per port. The shared-memory fabric switch provides quality of service
(QoS) and redundancy capabilities for switch and router vendors
serving network edge and core applications. The highly flexible
TCF16X10 supports line cards ranging from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps and
beyond, and is optimized for carrying IP and Ethernet traffic mixed
with TDM voice traffic as well as SAN Fibre Channel traffic.
About Xilinx Virtex FPGAs
Virtex-II Pro devices include these multiple PowerPC CPUs and multi-gigabit
serial transceivers at no additional charge, providing unequalled
capability and value for today's system design requirements. With
over 10,000 worldwide customer engagements, Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
have seen rapid adoption in a wide-range of applications.
Announced Fall 2004, the Xilinx Virtex-4 family delivers more options,
higher performance and lower power than any other FPGA family available
today. With more than 100 technical innovations, the Virtex-4 family
consists of 17 devices and three domain-optimized platforms. A multi-platform
approach makes it possible for customers to select the optimal mix
of resources for their application to achieve the highest functionality
and breakthrough performance at the lowest cost. Devices are shipping
now. For more information visit www.xilinx.com/virtex4.
About TeraChip
TeraChip fabless semiconductor company providing next-generation
merchant switch fabrics for switch and router systems. TeraChip's
switching solutions are optimized for enterprise (LAN), storage
(SAN) and metro (MAN) switching and server-blade systems. Based
on patent-pending technology, the company has developed groundbreaking
switching capacity in a single chip. TeraChip components enable
networking vendors to boost performance of next-generation switches
at a fraction of the cost, size and power consumption of current
offerings. Founded in November 2000, TeraChip has received strategic
funding from leading venture capital firms.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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