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By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing - 6WIND
The first post of this series explained how the use of well-designed packet processing software on a multicore platform provides a 7-10x increase in performance compared to a standard OS stack on typical networking workloads such as IPsec or IP Forwarding.
The second post explained how this improvement in performance can lead to a 2x improvement in the overall performance-per-Watt or energy efficiency of a product like an enterprise Internet access gateway. Read More »
By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing - 6WIND
The first post of this series explained how the use of well-designed packet processing software on a multicore platform provides a 7-10x increase in performance compared to a standard OS stack on typical networking workloads such as IPsec or IP Forwarding.
This second post explains how this improvement in performance can significantly improve the overall energy efficiency of a product like an enterprise Internet access gateway. Products like this need Read More »
By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing - 6WIND
Driven by high-bandwidth Internet applications, traffic is rising exponentially in networking equipment, telecommunications infrastructure, security appliances and data centers. Each piece of equipment in the network must achieve higher levels of packet processing performance. At the same time, the equipment must operate within defined power constraints. This three-part post explains how software can leverage multicore processor architectures to minimize Read More »
By Charlie Ashton, VP of Marketing - 6WIND
At 6WIND, we were delighted to learn recently that our 6WINDGate packet processing software solution had won the 4GWE Wireless LTE Visionary Award. This award (details here) is sponsored by the Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Crossfire Media, and presented by 4G Wireless Evolution. The award recognizes companies that demonstrate the vision and ability to deliver solutions that advance the future of mobile broadband. Other recipients of the award Read More »
By Eric Carmes - 6WIND Founder and CEO
Linux is now becoming a de facto standard for embedded applications but using it for multicore projects leads to specific questions. At 6WIND we have frequent discussions with our customers about the best option for selecting and maintaining a Linux distribution for multicore processors
Using Linux for embedded applications is very different from using it in servers. The server market is dominated by standard x86 architectures and Linux support is mainly a Read More »
By Eric Carmes - 6WIND Founder and CEO
Last week, I attended the Linley Tech Processor Conference in San Jose. This annual event is the best place to receive a comprehensive understanding of the major trends in multicore processor technology. Proceedings are available here.
All the major IP suppliers and processor vendors except Intel (AppliedMicro, ARM, Cavium Networks, Freescale, LSI, MIPS, NetLogic, Netronome, Tilera, Xelerated, Xilinx) were presenting their multicore products and roadmap. We Read More »
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