摘要
网络应用的飞速发展和对线速的智能化处理的需求导致了网络处理器的出现。可编程的网络处理器不但提供了以线速处理数据包的高性能的硬件功能,同时还具备极大的系统灵活性。虽然当前的网络处理器的结构设计各不相同,随着网络技术的发展,网络处理器必将成为下一代网络的核心技术。结合当前的网络发展趋势,从现有的网络处理器的结构分析入手,论述了满足下一代网络应用需求的网络处理器应该具有的结构特点。
The rapid development of network application and the demand for intelligent processing at wire speed have led to the creation of network processors. Programmable network processors provide system flexibility while delivering the high-performance hardware functions required to process packets at wire speed. With the development of network technology, network processors shall be the key technology of next generation network, though they differ greatly in their architectural design.This paper gives an analysis of current network processor's architecture, discuss the key element of network processor's architecture design to meet the requirement of next generation network according to the trend of the network development.
出处
《通信技术》
2002年第5X期34-36,共3页
Communications Technology
关键词
网络处理器
线速
服务质量
精简指令集计算机
特定用途集成电路流水线
内容可寻址存储器
network processor, wire speed, quality of service, reduced instruction set computer, application specific integrated circuit, pipeline, content addressable memory
