LSI Corporation (News - Alert), which designs semiconductors and software to improve storage and networking in datacenters and mobile network, announced a partnership with Advantech (News - Alert), a provider of embedded and automation products and solutions, to develop high-performance, off-the-shelf commercial platform solutions for mobile network applications. 

The new Packetarium platform, powered by LSI Axxia Communication Processor (News - Alert), is designed for caching gateways, enterprise routing, unified threat management and radio network controllers, providing enhanced scalability and integrating seamlessly into systems.

"The rapid growth of media traffic is putting extreme pressure on today's wireless and enterprise networks," said Franz Wei, vice president, Advantech, in a statement. "The Axxia Communication Processor enables OEMs to design low-power, next-generation 4G equipment that has the performance, network intelligence and built-in security to handle this growth."

The Packetarium NCP-2110 Network Appliance (News - Alert) is a 1U rack-mountable design that accommodates two front-loadable network interface cards with one 10GbE Ethernet port each.  The product leverages LSI's expertise in networking silicon, allowing OEMs to deliver a robust networking acceleration solution with increased intelligence and faster time to market, company officials said.

Offering 20 Gbps of IPSEC throughput and 6 Gbps of deep packet inspection performance for protocol analysis to extend service and network integrity, the dual Axxia Communication Processor board allows OEMs to deliver applications such as enhanced security and in-content aware routing. The Virtual Pipeline technology delivers deterministic line rate performance for security processing and deep packet inspection.

The Packetarium NCP-2110 is an extremely flexible platform, thanks to the I/O expansion made possible via a standard PCIe x8 slot. It offers an ideal solution for network equipment OEMs requiring a broader range of connectivity options. The four powerful PowerPC cores provided in the NCP-2110 deliver industry-proven packet classification, low latency, advanced traffic management and greater deterministic performance.

"In today's network environments, OEMs must offer solutions that address scalable throughput requirements, provide differentiated value and offer the flexibility for future evolution," said Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Networking Components Division, LSI, in a statement. "Our collaboration with Advantech leverages the latest features of the LSI Axxia Communication Processor to deliver innovative solutions that address the requirements of networking OEMs."

Earlier this year, TMCnet reported that The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech released its first integrated I/O controller, the PEC-3710, which features an AMD LX800 500 MHz controller with 16-channel analog input, 4-channel analog output and 32-channel isolated digital input/output.