New processor family runs at low power to target home gateways

September 8, 2009

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Cavium Networks (NASDAQ:CAVM - News), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless and video applications, today introduced the ECONA CNS3XXX family of highly integrated SoC processors with a rich set of integrated hardware accelerators and a range of I/Os for glueless voice, video and data connectivity. Sophisticated power management techniques enable super low-power operation starting at less than 1 Watt. The ECONA CNS3XXX family is targeted for applications including FTTH broadband gateways, network attached storage appliances, multimedia picture frames, media and print servers, IP cameras and wireless access points.

Bandwidth for Internet access continues to increase relentlessly with high-performance wired and wireless access. Service Providers and CE manufacturers are utilizing these high bandwidth links to enable services such as Video on Demand, VoIP, Video Conferencing, HD multimedia interactivity and 100Mbps to 1Gbps of data connectivity. Supporting these new services require high performance and programmable Internet-connected gateways and devices that can support processor-intensive tasks such as network packet processing, video and image processing, storage processing, wireless access and security. The ECONA CNS3XXX family delivers these compute intensive tasks with industry-leading performance / watt and performance / dollar.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM - News), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications, today announced that Sumitomo Electric Networks Inc. (SEN), a leading provider of broadband access equipment for major carrier customers in the Japan market, has selected the latest generation of the ECONA SoC processor to power their next-generation FTTH gateway. The highly integrated ECONA CNS3XXX SoC processor family provides a rich set of integrated hardware accelerators and a range of I/Os for glueless voice, video and data connectivity. Combined with the industry’s best power management features, the ECONA CNS3XXX processor family is best suited for gigabit-class digital home gateways while continuing to push the envelope of power and cost reduction. SEN uses the OCTEON® CN50XX family in their currently shipping FTTH gateways.

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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR - News), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home networking & entertainment, today announced support for the new ECONA CNS3XXX Energy Efficient ARM(r)-Based processor family from Cavium Networks (Nasdaq:CAVM - News), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications software platforms, today announced support for the ECONA CNS3XXX ARM-based energy efficient processors from Cavium Networks (NASDAQ:CAVM - News), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications. When paired with D2’s vPort embedded IP communications platform, Cavium’s ECONA Family gives OEMs and ODMs a cost effective way to quickly deliver to market new CPE equipment for the home and/or office offering converged voice, video and data capabilities.

Cavium Inc. (Nasdaq: CAVM)

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