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XILINX AND SENSORY NETWORKS TEAM TO DELIVER LATEST
NETWORK SECURITY PLATFORM
Industry's first security platform provides complete
development solution for high accuracy identification and prevention
of threats at wire speed application throughputs
SAN JOSE and PALO ALTO Calif., - February 18, 2005, Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ: XLNX) and Sensory Networks today announced a joint collaboration
resulting in Sensory Networks' latest network security platform.
The NodalCore™ Security Processing Unit, enabled by Xilinx
Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4 Platform FPGAs, is a next generation
security processor designed for high- speed analysis of network
traffic by security applications. Easily integrated into a wide
range of network and security products through a selection of accelerator
cards and accelerated appliances, the FPGA-enabled NodalCore platform
dramatically reduces design time, engineering costs and technical
risk in delivering cutting edge security products to the market.
Sensory Networks demonstrated the NodalCore Security Processor Unit
at the RSA Security Conference 2005, in San Francisco, Calif., February
14-18.
"In security, things change - network based threats must adapt
in the face of a fast moving landscape of protocols and content
types. By employing Xilinx Platform FPGAs, network equipment using
NodalCore can dynamically adapt - all while maintaining wirespeed.
This is something that no other vendor in the marketplace is able
to deliver," said Sensory Networks' chief executive officer,
Matt Barrie.
"To deal with today's alarming and unpredictable security threats,
network security equipment must be designed for both performance
and flexibility. Sensory Networks' NodalCore platform provides both
the performance and adaptability required for a gateway appliance
security processor," said Robert Bielby, senior director of
Strategic Solutions Marketing at Xilinx.
The advanced features of the Xilinx Platform FPGA products, including
logic density and speed, provided the necessary characteristics
for implementation of Sensory Networks' high performance security
processing engines, whilst retaining the ability to dynamically
upgrade these engines in the field.
About Xilinx Platform FPGAs
Xilinx Virtex-II Pro devices include 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 award winning 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 Sensory Networks:
Sensory Networks is a leading provider of higher performance, more
accurate, deeper coverage network security technology. Sensory Networks
is an OEM licensing company producing a range of platforms and accelerators
for Antivirus, Antispam, Content Filtering, Firewall and Intrusion
Detection Systems, based on the company's patent pending NodalCore™
Security Processor technology. Sensory Networks is headquartered
in Palo Alto, California, has European offices in Notting Hill,
London and performs research and development through its facilities
in Sydney, Australia. For more information, visit www.sensorynetworks.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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