JULY 16, 2008 -- Cavium Networks (search for Cavium) says that Sumitomo Electric Networks Inc. (search for Sumitomo), which provides broadband access equipment for major carrier customers in Japan, will use the Cavium Networks OCTEON CN5020 processor in its gigabit-rate, next-generation FTTH home gateway.
"We benchmarked a number of solutions and the OCTEON CN5020 was clearly the best solution for us," said Tsuyoshi Kawano, president, Sumitomo Electric Networks Inc. "Our product has to meet or exceed the highly demanding price, power, and performance requirements needed for mass deployment of fiber to the home broadband networks. Cavium's dual core processor enabled us to fulfill these requirements along with ease of programming and providing headroom for future deployment of additional services."
"We are honored to be selected by Sumitomo Electric Networks Inc. for their next generation gateway," said Syed Ali, President and CEO, Cavium Networks. "The advanced feature requirements of FTTx networks such as gigabit rate IPv4 and IPv6 performance to the home, multiple levels of QoS, excellent small packet performance, VoIP, 802.11 WLAN as well the as many proprietary features means that basic, off the shelf processors simply cannot do the job. Our highly integrated OCTEON Plus System-on-Chip processor with dual custom MIPS64 cores, essential hardware acceleration features, built in security delivers leading performance within stringent cost and power constraints for these rigorous requirements."
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