Network ProcessorsNetwork Processors

Highlights:
  • World’s fastest growing network processor provider
  • The performance leader and the lowest power per gigabit
  • Solutions ranging from 1G to 40G and higher
  • Integrated Network Processors with Traffic Management
Bay Microsystems has pioneered the high end of the network processor market since 2000. We are now the world’s fastest growing NP provider. Bay was the first company to deliver an integrated Network Processor with Traffic Manager running at full 10G line-rate based on our innovative, scalable architecture. We have continued our cycle of innovation and are leading the second wave of Network Processors with our introduction of Chesapeake, a 40G line-rate, integrated Network Processor and Traffic Manager with the internal processing capacity to support the emerging 100G Ethernet market.Bay standardized the practice of integrating robust traffic management to provide hard QoS within its network processors. This integration has emerged as a key requirement for today’s converged voice, video, data and multimedia network infrastructure elements to ensure the delivery of high quality user experiences.

Bay’s family of programmable network processors is constructed using our patented, deterministic, pipelined architecture that delivers flexibility and blazing performance at the lowest power per gigabit in the industry. These processors are idealized to deliver extensive support for such industry standard protocols as:
  • Carrier Ethernet
  • IPv4/IPv6
  • MPLS
  • PWE3
  • VPLS, HVPLS
  • Layer 2/3 VPNs
  • Tunneling, bridging, switching and routing protocols
  • Many others
Bay’s Network Processors can be found within a wide range of equipment and applications including:
  • Metro Ethernet aggregation switch/routers
  • Core switches and IP/MPLS Routers
  • Triple Play and Quad Play network elements
  • Next generation packet-aware optical transport elements
  • Multi-service Switching Platforms (MSPP, MSSP)
  • IPv6-enabled network elements
  • MPLS- and PWE3-enabled network elements (LER, LSR)
  • Secure network elements supporting Layer 2/3 VPNs
  • High-touch security appliance and controllers
  • Metro/Transport network elements supporting GFP or RPR
  • Session Border Controllers
  • DSL, Wireless, Cable and PON aggregation platforms

Bay’s Network Processor Family

  • Chesapeake® - 40G Network Processor (Network Processor + Traffic Manager)
  • Montego® - 10G Network Processor (Network Processor + Traffic Manager)
  • Biscayne® - 10G Classification and Policing Processor

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