Seaway Offers Content Processor

OTTAWA -- Seaway Networks, a fabless semiconductor company providing industry-leading silicon-based Content Processing solutions, today announced availability of its SW5000 Network Content Processor (NCP). The SW5000 delivers an unprecedented 5 Gbps (full duplex) of full TCP byte stream reconstruction and/or termination combined with silicon-based Content Processing and embedded Stream Switching. The patented Streamwise(TM) stream switching architecture manages up to 2 million simultaneous TCP connections and enables OEM customers to build systems which support multiple simultaneous services at multi-gigabit rates. Such systems will allow networks and data centers to consolidate equipment, improve network security and provide additional layer 4 to 7 services.

"The demand for application-level security, combined with the trend towards equipment consolidation, is creating a significant design dilemma for networking equipment manufacturers," said Kit Fung, President of Seaway Networks. "Whereas Network Processor architectures are having difficulty meeting this challenge, the SW5000 is ideal because its features and performance enable multiple, simultaneous, layer 4-7 services."

The SW5000 enables OEMs to provide performance and feature differentiation to application firewalls, intrusion detection systems, SSL accelerators, firewall/VPN gateways, content filters or any other application which requires advanced layer 4-7 processing. The SW5000 can be incorporated into a wide range of products including networking appliances, networking equipment cards, server blades, and PCI cards.

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