Network Processor Design: Issues & Practices ( Vol 1 )

Description

Network processor design is an emerging field with issues and opportunities both numerous and formidable. To help meet this challenge, the editors of this volume created the first Workshop on Network Processors, a forum for scientists and engineers from academia and industry to discuss their latest research in the architecture, design, programming, and use of these devices. Programmable yet application-specific, their designs are tailored to efficiently implement communications applications such as routing, protocol analysis, voice and data convergence, firewalls, VPNs, and QoS. * Includes contributions from major academic and industrial research labs including Aachen University of Technology; Cisco Systems; Infineon Technologies; Intel Corp.; North Carolina State University; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; University of California, Berkeley; University of Dortmund; University of Washington; and Washington University. * Examines the latest network processors from Agere Systems, Cisco, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Sierra Inc., and TranSwitch. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Network Processors: An Introduction to Design Issues – Part 1: Design Principles: Chapter 2. Benchmarking Network Processors – Chapter 3. A Methodology and Simulator for the Study of Network Processors – Chapter 4. Design Space Exploration of Network Processor Architectures – Chapter 5. Compiler Back-end Optimizations for Network Processors with Bit Packet Addressing – Chapter 6. A Network Processor Performance and Design Model with Benchmark Parameterization – Chapter 7. A Benchmarking Methodology for Network Processors – Chapter 8. A Modeling Framework for Network Processor Systems – Part 2: Particles: Chapter 9. An Industry Analyst’s Perspective on Network P