IBM's Next Push: The Network Chip
News The chips will receive a boost later this year from IBM, which plans to offer new application-specific versions of its next-generation PowerNP network Processor, codenamed Sanford, in 2002. Makers of network infrastructure devices currently use the...
[February 2, 2001, 8:32]
Direct Network Traffic With IBM Chip
News Big Blue's Semiconductor Division on Monday will announce a new, lower-cost version of its PowerNP network processor, the PowerNP NP2G, that it says will bring new capabilities to networking equipment for such settings as local offices.
[March 22, 2002, 17:24]
IBM Revs Up Network Chip
News The chip focuses only on moving data at high speed, allowing chips such as IBM's PowerNP network processor to handle the duty of inspecting packets to determine their destinations. Once the instructions have been read by a network processor, the...
[September 6, 2002, 16:53]
LinuxWorld To Have A Big Blue Tinge
News He also is expected to discuss some new IBM Linux-based development tools and services that target the IBM PowerNP network processor, a chip embedded in routers and other communications equipment. On IBM's docket are a new 64-processor IBM server...
[January 31, 2001, 14:43]
Intel Hopes For New Connection
News IBM, which makes the PowerNP network processor and a host of other communications chips, uses Rapid I/O. Intel plans to use PCI EAS in products like its Intel Exchange Architecture (IXA) network processor.
[November 26, 2002, 7:39]
