EZchip Announces the NP-4

100-Gigabit throughput for building 20-Gigabit, 40-Gigabit and

100-Gigabit line cards for Carrier Ethernet Switches and Routers (CESR).

Integrated traffic management providing granular bandwidth control to enable the delivery of triple-play services in Ethernet networks.

Integrated 100-Gigabit, 10-Gigabit and 1-Gigabit Ethernet serial ports.

Integrated Fabric Interface Chip (FIC) for direct connection to Ethernet switches that are used as switch fabrics while providing system-wide Quality of Service (QoS).

Utilizes external memory chips based on low cost and power DRAM technology.

Operations, Administration and Management (OAM) processing offload.

Software compatible with EZchip’s present NP-2 and NP-3 network processors.

The NP-4 enables the building of next generation CESR equipment through groundbreaking levels of integration and functionality. It provides a total of 100-Gigabit throughput and features a 100-Gigabit port, eight 10-Gigabit ports and twenty-four 1­Gigabit Ethernet ports. Integrated hierarchical traffic management assigns individual flows with specific Quality of Service (QoS) and enforces Service Level Agreements (SLA) for applications, services and users.

EZchip Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZCH)