ATM-IP Gateway Designed for 3G Wireless Architectures

Artesyn Communication Products announced plans to use Motorola(R) technology in the next generation of SpiderWare(TM)NP, a network processor-based subsystem for 3G wireless and broadband access applications.

Leveraging the new, advanced C-5e(TM) Network Processor (NP) from Morotola, the enhanced SpiderWareNP will be able to meet Gigabit Ethernet rates using half the processor resources of competitive solutions. The result is a dramatic increase in ATM-IP interworking performance for OEMs and service providers looking to bridge traditional telephony and IP networks.

"By extending its roadmap to include the C-5e NP, Artesyn is protecting the software investment of its customers and providing them exceptional performance for interworking applications," said John Bednarek, director of business development for Motorola's C-Port(TM) Network Processor Family. "The enhanced SpiderWareNP also will have the performance to meet growing application requirements. Now that's the sign of a forward-thinking company."

The latest in the C-Port family, the C-5e NP builds on the proven success of the C-5 NP architecture. Key enhancements to the C-5e NP include improved processing efficiencies, increased core clock rate and lower power consumption. These combine to yield a greater than three times improvement in processing capability per watt of power consumption, enabling more services at lower overall system costs. In addition, the C-5e NP features an enhanced instruction set and memory, which will allow SpiderWareNP to handle more complex traffic and protocol interworking at higher layers.

"The C-5e NP has the right combination of data bandwidth and processing power to move SpiderWareNP forward," said Jeff Durst, director of product marketing, Artesyn Communication Products. "It will give our customers unequaled performance for ATM-IP interworking, while offering a significant savings in cost per unit of performance."

Using the CompactPCI(R) Packet-Switching Backplane (cPSB) standard form factor, SpiderWareNP is an ATM-IP gateway designed for 3G wireless architectures, such as wide-band CDMA and UMTS, as well as access systems. It includes up to four OC-3c/STM-1 interfaces -- twice the connectivity of comparable products allowing companies to reduce the number of boards needed for a given application or double the ATM interfaces in an existing space.

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