Looks similar to a universe far-reaching web is saying a couple of upgrades this week. Shortly after NC State voiced a latest methodology for routing essential element ocular connectors some-more quickly, in flies Alcatel-Lucent with a glossy latest network processor to have things even faster. The FP3 which was voiced this week promises a “fourfold enlarge in opening over a fastest IP network available,” ancillary 400Gbps delivery speeds whilst slicing energy expenditure by up to 50 percent. The chip’s been demonstrated to a powers which be this week, as well as it’s reportedly written to “address tomorrow’s direct for ultra-high opening open as well as in isolation IP networks.” How so, we ask? A solitary FP3 could hoop 70,000 coexisting HD video streams or 8.4 million coexisting sell clouded cover sessions, as well as utterly frankly, could have a 100 Gigabit Ethernet standards which were used to demeanour similar to aged hat. But hey — who’s kvetching about that? Show full PR textAlcatel-Lucent creation delivers a faster, smarter as well as greener network experience
FP3 network processor initial to await 400 Gigabits-per-second interpretation speeds; no concede upon use quality
Paris, Jun 28, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext as well as NYSE: ALU) currently voiced a latest network processor which delivers a fourfold enlarge in opening over a fastest Internet Protocol (IP) networks accessible today. By ancillary 400 Gigabits-per-second (G) delivery speeds, a FP3 processor opens up latest possibilities for bandwidth-intensive services, applications as well as content, whilst slicing energy expenditure by up to 50 percent. The FP3 processor is being demonstrated currently as well as will be commercially accessible in Alcatel-Lucent’s use router portfolio in 2012.
The initial of a latest era of IP routing technology, a FP3 processor is written to residence tomorrow’s direct for ultra-high opening open as well as in isolation IP networks. For example, a singular FP3 processor could hoop 70,000 coexisting High Definition video streams or 8.4 million coexisting sell clouded cover sessions.
“Alcatel-Lucent brings a resources of knowledge as well as technical ability to a plea of putting a subsequent era of silicon in to their use routers,” pronounced Simon Stanley, Founder as well as Principal Consultant of Earlswood Marketing Limited. “The same engineers have changed by 10G to 100G as well as right away to 400G. The outcome is a chipset which delivers a flexibility of a programmable network processor as well as a large enlarge in speed, though compromising upon low hold services.”
Alcatel-Lucent is a initial association to rise 400G record for IP networks, assisting to accelerate a embracing a cause of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE), which was standardised in 2010, whilst upon condition which a transparent trail for aloft speeds in future. According to a new foresee by Dell’Oro Group, 100GE pier shipments from 2010 by 2015 have been likely to grow in additional of 200 percent annually.
Basil Alwan, boss of Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Division, said: “This record puts us a era forward of today’s fastest IP core routers. And, it’s not only relocating bits, though generating income as well as formulating worth for use providers as well as their business, residential as well as mobile customers. By creation networks faster, smarter as well as some-more environmentally sustainable, Alcatel-Lucent is enabling a successive creation of consumer as well as commercial operation devices, calm as well as applications which increasingly rely upon use provider networks.”
“Alcatel-Lucent is display a record roots, not long ago with lightRadio™ for a wireless marketplace as well as right away with a FP3 400G network processor for IP routing,” settled Michael Howard, Co-founder as well as Principal Analyst Carrier as well as Data Center Networks, Infonetics Research. “I’m tender which any association could rise such a tall genius network processor, elucidate 400G in a electrical domain prior to a attention solves 400G for lightwaves. This 400G chipset is a generational allege which will urge router 100GE density/cost as well as will capture a eye of use providers.”
Alcatel-Lucent has additionally taken an attention care purpose by pushing an “ecosystem” of semiconductor partners together with Samsung Semiconductor, NetLogic Microsystems, Micron, GSI Technology, Cypress as well as Broadcom to broach interrelated components which await a passing from one to another to ultra-fast, low energy networks with deterministic performance.
FP3 – Technical Capabilities
