| List
of Figures |
v |
| List
of Tables |
vii |
| About
the Authors |
ix |
| About
the Publisher |
xi |
| Executive
Summary |
xiii |
| Chapter
1. Introduction |
1 |
| Product
Categorization |
1 |
| Wireline Communications
|
1 |
| General-Purpose Use
|
2 |
| Report
Organization |
3 |
| Chapter
2. Analysis |
5 |
| Overview |
5 |
| Processors |
9 |
| Network
Processors |
9 |
| Voice-Over-Packet
Processors |
10 |
| Network
Security
Accelerators |
12 |
| Embedded Processors |
13 |
| Licensable CPU Cores |
18 |
| Ethernet |
22 |
| All
Ethernet ICs |
22 |
| Gigabit
Ethernet Switch ICs and Multiport PHYs |
23 |
| Gigabit
Ethernet Client ICs and Single-Port PHYs |
24 |
| Fast
Ethernet Switch, PHY, NIC/LOM ICs |
25 |
| 10-Gigabit
Ethernet NICs, iSCSI HBAs, and Controller ICs |
26 |
| Broadband
Interfaces |
28 |
| DSL
Interface ICs |
29 |
| Cable-Modem ICs |
30 |
| PON |
31 |
| Interconnect
ASSPs |
32 |
| Switch
Fabric ICs |
33 |
| PCI,
RapidIO, HyperTransport Bridges, and Switch ICs |
34 |
| Other
Networking ASSPs |
35 |
| Optical-Transport
ICs |
35 |
| ATM
ICs |
37 |
| T/E
Carrier ICs |
38 |
| Network
Search Engines |
39 |
| FPGAs |
40 |
| Chapter
3. Conclusions |
43 |
| Chapter
4. Methodology and Accounting |
45 |
| Methodology |
45 |
| Accounting
Rules |
46 |
| Chapter
5. Revisions |
47 |