“NGN2000 demonstration showcases industry’s first working
high-speed router reference design based on open-source software
and off-the-shelf network processing chipsets.“
“MMC Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Micro
Circuits Corp. (Nasdaq: AMCC) and MontaVista Software, Inc. today
announced a joint public demonstration of the industry’s first
high-speed Internet Protocol (IP) router reference design based
completely on off-the-shelf network processing hardware and
open-source Linux-based software. This joint reference design
signals a significant advance for the networking industry, allowing
a completely new generation of networking and communications
equipment vendors to bring products to market more rapidly than
ever.”
“MMC Networks is the market leader in network processors for
rapid development of multi-gigabit networking and communications
products, while MontaVista Software is the leading embedded Linux
provider. MMC and Monta Vista have combined MontaVista’s Hard Hat
Linux for real-time applications with MMC’s complete network
processing platforms (network processors, switch fabrics, and
traffic management engines), the MMC nPsoft Development Environment
– including base system software, IP routing application reference
library and developer API – and additional open-source application
code.”