SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY), today announced the Ayama(TM) family of network search engines (NSEs) optimized for multi-protocol packet classification and forwarding. The NSE100000 and NSE20000 versions of this family are designed to enable network infrastructure vendors to rapidly deploy equipment that supports complex network processing capabilities with maximum design flexibility and minimum time to market. The NSE10000 line is targeted at customers who use custom ASIC network processors while the NSE20000 line is designed for customers using commercial network processors from companies such as Intel, AMCC, Motorola, IBM, and Vitesse. The Ayama NSE10000 line features the CYNSE10512, an ultra-high-density 512K IP entry (18 Mbit) NSE with high performance (233 million searches per second) and low power. The NSE10000 is an ideal solution for applications that require large routing tables and wirespeed packet processing. "Cypress' new Ayama family of NSEs is well suited for next-generation network processing subsystems," said Jag Bolaria, Senior Analyst at The Linley Group. "The issues they address are speed and complexity. Being able to accomplish deep packet processing at 10 Gbps and beyond is a major challenge. At 233 million searches per second (MSPS), Cypress's CYNSE10512 more than meets that challenge. It promises to be the best performing NSE in the market." Cypress Semiconductor Corp.