The Cisco silicon packet processor (SPP) was developed by a team of 30 engineers at the Cisco Systems development center in Israel, at an investment of $20 million.
The Cisco SPP is a 40-Gbps (gigabits per second) application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), featuring an unprecedented 38 million gates, approximately 185 million transistors and 188 high-performance programmable 32-bit RISC processors executing 47 billion instructions per second (BIPS).
The Cisco SPP along with Cisco IOS XR Software enables carriers to adapt to changing customer needs and accelerate service delivery. The highly sophisticated 18.3-millimeter square chip - along with nine additional ASICs designed by Cisco and built by IBM for the Cisco CRS-1 – is the result of a strategic multi-year semiconductor technology development effort between the two companies.
Cisco Systems (Israel) director of engineering David Belz, who manages the design center in Israel, told Globes that this was a significant project that represented a step up in importance for the Israeli center. Cisco Systems’ Israeli center was established in 1997, and is considered one of the two largest Cisco design centers outside the US. The design center employs 300 people, and works in conjunction with Cisco Systems (Europe), which is responsible for marketing activities.
The high tech industry in Israel continues to recover, reporting a 6% increase last month as compared to the previous month. In addition, the demand for skilled personnel in May was up 50% from figures for the same month of last year.
The Cisco SPP is a 40-Gbps (gigabits per second) application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), featuring an unprecedented 38 million gates, approximately 185 million transistors and 188 high-performance programmable 32-bit RISC processors executing 47 billion instructions per second (BIPS).
The Cisco SPP along with Cisco IOS XR Software enables carriers to adapt to changing customer needs and accelerate service delivery. The highly sophisticated 18.3-millimeter square chip - along with nine additional ASICs designed by Cisco and built by IBM for the Cisco CRS-1 – is the result of a strategic multi-year semiconductor technology development effort between the two companies.
Cisco Systems (Israel) director of engineering David Belz, who manages the design center in Israel, told Globes that this was a significant project that represented a step up in importance for the Israeli center. Cisco Systems’ Israeli center was established in 1997, and is considered one of the two largest Cisco design centers outside the US. The design center employs 300 people, and works in conjunction with Cisco Systems (Europe), which is responsible for marketing activities.
The high tech industry in Israel continues to recover, reporting a 6% increase last month as compared to the previous month. In addition, the demand for skilled personnel in May was up 50% from figures for the same month of last year.