C-3E Datasheet, PDF (19/114 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – C-3e NETWORK PROCESSOR SILICON REVISION A1

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C3ENPA1-DS/D
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FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Features
Key features of the C-3e^TM Network Processor (NP) are its massive processing capabilities
and its high level of functional integration on one chip.
Massive Processing
Power
• Operating frequencies: up to 180MHz
• 3Gbps of bandwidth (for non-blocking throughput)
• More than 3,000MIPS of computing power (for adding services throughout the
protocol stack)
• Up to 9 million packets per second transmitted at wire speed
• 17 programmable RISC Cores (for cell/packet forwarding)
• 32 programmable Serial Data Processors (for processing bit streams)
• Up to 133 million table lookups per second
• Three internal buses for 46Gbs of aggregate bandwidth
High Functional
Integration
• 728 pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) package
• 16 Channel Processors (8 CP’s with full functionality configurable for full I/O or
recirculation, and 8 CP’s with limited functionality configurable only for bit and byte
level recirculation) including:
– Embedded OC-3c, OC-12, OC-12c SONET framers
– Programmable MAC interface
– RISC Cores
– Programmable pin PHY interfaces
• Embedded coprocessors for table lookup (classification), buffer management (payload
control), and queue management (QoS implementation)
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