Multicore Packet Processing Forum

By Mark Litvack, Sr. Director Business Development, NetLogic Microsystems.

In the race to develop the highest performance multi-core embedded processor, technology innovations continue to relentlessly advance forward. New features and capabilities are added while increasing performance and lowering power requirements. This is accomplished by innovating at the processor architectural level with such advances as multi-threading, multi-issue, superscalar out-of-order execution capabilities as well as taking advantage of the most advanced processes such as 40nm and beyond.

The highly respected MicroProcessor Report, widely recognized in the industry as an authority in CPU analysis, has done an independent and in-depth technical analysis of how various embedded processors stack up in a wide array of control-plane and data-plane performance metrics. Leading multi-core processors that are analyzed includes NetLogic Microsystems’ XLP processor, Cavium’s OCTEON II and Freescale’s P4/P5 QorIQ processors. The full report can be viewed here.