OKI Develops High-speed Gigabit IP Network Equipment LSI
‘ML7240’ Achieves Steady, Yet Power Saving Communication at a Speed of 1Gbps
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Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6703) today announced it has developed a low power consumption gigabit high-speed network processor, the “ML7240,” for the network equipment (i.e. Home/SOHO routers) market. Samples of the product will be shipped today with initial volume shipment scheduled to start in March 2009.
ML7240 includes a RISC-type CPU, IP protocol engine, QoS (Quality of Service) accelerator, IPsec (IP security protocol) accelerator, voice engine, Gigabit Ether MAC (2ch), and other peripherals, making it an LSI ideal for high-speed, home/SOHO routers and VoIP gateway equipment. In addition to the LSI, OKI plans to offer the drivers necessary to configure network equipment, and other software such as middleware, which will help users shorten the development time for products using ML7240.
“In network equipment market, there are increasing demands for faster network equipment as broadband becomes more common, for lower power consumption in home network equipment as usage increases, and for higher quality of service as the amount of audio/video data increases,” said Hiroshi Enomoto, President of Silicon Solutions Company at OKI. “In order to respond to these needs, based on our long years of experience in developing and selling network LSIs for VoIP terminals, OKI developed a versatile LSI for high-speed gigabit IP network equipment.”
In the ML7240, the IP protocol engine takes care of core network processes such as routing and protocol activities. The IPsec and QoS accelerators help ensure highly secured quality communication. And the embedded OKI’s proprietary DSP is in charge of voice-related functionality such as voice compression, echo cancellation and tone generation / detection, etc. which are essential to VoIP systems.
This rich distributed task-sharing structure contributes to less load to the built-in CPU so as to offer more capability reserved for user’s applications and achieve a mere 1.5W (typ.) power consumption in normal operation while keeping Gigabit throughput. Thus, the ML7240 is the best suitable device for the leading solution provider users, offering heatsink-less high-throughput IP network devices.
Going forward, OKI will continue to expand its product lineup for the broadband network market offering high-performance and low power consumption network LSI products.
About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan’s first telecommunications manufacturer, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. OKI provides top-quality products, technologies and solutions to its customers through its info-telecom system business, semiconductor business and printer business. All three businesses function as a collective force to create exciting new products and technologies that satisfy a spectrum of customer needs in various markets. Visit OKI’s global web site at http://www.oki.com/.