Communication Processors: A Buyer's Guide

We've classified products in this listing into three broad categories: network processors , communication processors , and content-addressable memory (CAM) .

Network processors are typically used in high speed routers, to accelerate the classifying, processing and forwarding of packets.

Although we're applying the term communication processors to the overall product category, we're also using it in this product listing to apply to a sub-category which could be called "communication processors other than network processors." While network processors focus on high speed packet processing in network switches and routers, communication processors are used in other devices that still involve some type of communications. Communication processors typically combine three things: a microprocessor, one or more communication ports (such as serial ports), and some type of protocol processing capability (such as HDLC, for example). By integrating these three things into one chip, communication processors save designers the hassle of having to design these systems themselves, as well as potential cost savings compared to less-integrated solutions.

Content-addressable memories (CAMs) accelerate lookup tables in routers. Some might argue that CAMs are memory devices, and not processors. However, we've included them in this buyer's guide because they are often employed by designers to speed the lookup process (which is key in classifying packets), and thereby indirectly boosting packet forwarding rates.

Unlike conventional memory devices -- which are purely storage devices -- CAMs actually have some built-in processing capability. When data tables are stored in conventional memory, an external processor (following a programmed search algorithm) must sequentially access each memory location in turn, looking for a match between the data contained in the memory location and the sought-after data pattern. (There are higher-performance search algorithms than a simple sequential search, but it still remains for the host processor (not the memory) to do the searching. With a CAM, it's the memory device itself that performs the search and delivers the results.

Information for this product listing is provided by the respective suppliers. It is deemed accurate, but cannot be guaranteed. Except where noted, pricing is for 10,000-piece quantities.

Communication Processors

Advanced Micro Devices
One AMD Place
PO Box 3453
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3453
http://www.amd.com
Contact:local sales rep or distributor
http://www.amd.com/support/sales.htm
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Product name: ElanSC520
Product description: The ElanSC520 contains an integrated 100 or 133-MHz 486 processor with PCI bus, SDRAM memory controller, and PC/AT compatible peripherals. AMDebug technology facilitates low-cost emulation and debugging. The device works with industry-standard peripheral chips. Developers can leverage software, tools, and engineering knowledge from the PC industry to improve time-to-market.
Price (10k quantities): ElanSC520-100AC, $28; ElanSC520-133AC, $33.

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Alcatel Microelectronics
Excelsiorlaan 44-46
B-1930 Zavenetem Belgium
http://www.alcatel.com/telecom/
Contact: Donatella Castellana
E-mail: info@mie.alcatel.be
Phone: +32 2 718 1811
Fax: +32 (0)2 725 37 49
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Product name: MTC-20280 ISDN Terminal Controller
Product description: The MTC-20280 is an ARM7T-based controller designed for terminal adapter or NT+ modules for ISDN. It interfaces between ISDN physical devices (such as MTC-20276 integrated U+S interfaces or an MTC-20172 S interface) and digital terminals using its high-speed UART or analog telephony interfaces (like the MTK-40131 chipset for short-haul POTS lines). Reference designs and MTS-280xxx custom-configured ISDN software for NT+ and data over ISDN are also available.

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AudioCodes
2841 Junction Avenue, Suite 114
San Jose, CA 95134
http://www.audiocodes.com
Contact: Bruce Gellman
Phone: 408.544.1864
Fax: 408.577.0492
E-mail: bruce.gellman@audiocodes.com
Product Xpress 105

Product name: AC4830xA-C
Product description: The AC4830xA-C is a single- or dual-channel voice over packet processor that combines toll-quality low bit-rate voice compression, T.38 compliant fax relay, V.32bis data relay (optional), and other voice band processing functions. The AC4830xA-C features G.729E, G.723.1, G.729A, G.711, G.726, and G.727 standard ITU codecs as well as the NetCoder. Other features include an adaptive G.168-compliant echo canceler, a dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) and tone signaling detector, and other voice-processing features.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

Product name: AC48105A-C
Product description: The AC48105A-C voice over packet processor combines five ports of low bit-rate voice compression, G3 fax relay, V.32bis data relay, and complete voice-band processing in a single device. Featuring low power consumption and a compact footprint, it enables the quick development of high-density gateways and access devices.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

Product name: AC48104A-C
Product description: The AC48104A-C voice over packet processor combines four ports of low bit-rate voice compression, G3 fax relay, V.32bis data relay and complete voice band processing in a single device. The device features low power consumption and a compact footprint, which allows the quick development of high-density gateways and access devices.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

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Basis Communications Corp.
46712 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538-6582
http://www.basiscomm.com
Contact: Kristin Goldthorpe
Phone: 510.624.7614
Fax: 510.624.7690
E-mail: kristin@basiscomm.com
Product Xpress 106

Product name: CD1865 Intelligent 8-Channel Communications Controller
Product description: The CD1865 is a UART with eight full-duplex serial channels, each having separate 8-byte transmit and receive FIFO buffers. Because it moves data efficiently from the serial channels to the host system, the CD1865 reduces overhead and yields an eight-fold improvement in system throughput.
Price (1k quantities): $21.43.

Product name: CD2401 Intelligent Multiprotocol Communications Controller
Product description: The CD2401 is a universal asynchronous/synchronous communication controller, which features an on-chip DMA and protocol controllers. A vectored interrupt scheme is also provided. The CD2401 offers ten data/clock/modem pins per channel.
Price (1k quantities): $23.38.

Product name: CD2431 Intelligent 4-Channel Multiprotocol Communications Controller
Product description: The CD2431 is a 4-channel asynchronous/synchronous communications controller. The CD2431 has four independent serial channels that support asynchronous, asynchronous-HDLC, and bit-synchronous (HDLC/SDLC) protocols. The CD2431 offers ten data/clock/modem pins per channel.
Price (1k quantities): $22.38.

Product name: CD2481 Programmable 4-Channel Communications Controller
Product description: The CD2481 controller allows field upgrades and enhancements with an on-chip 8k-word microcode store for downloaded control code. The CD2481 is packaged in a 100-pin MQFP package offering 10 data/clock/modem pins per channel, and features four independent serial channels to support standard asynchronous, PPP, MNP 4, SLIP, bit-synchronous (HDLC), and byte-synchronous (bisync, X.21) protocols.
Price (1k quantities): $25.00.

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Dallas Semiconductor
4401 South Beltwood Parkway
Dallas, TX 75244
http://www.dalsemi.com/Prod_info/
Telecom/index.html
Contact: Dewight Warren, product manager
Phone: 972.371.4301
Fax: 972.371.3715
E-mail: Dewight@dalsemi.com
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Product name: DS3134
Product description: The DS3134 channelized T1/E1 and universal controller (CHATEAU) is a high-density, high-throughput HDLC controller, which can handle up to sixty-four T1 or E1 lines, two T3 or E3 lines, or two HSSI (52-Mbps) ports. Key features include: 256 independent bi-directional HDLC channels; 16 physical ports that can be configured as either channelized or unchannelized; the capacity for each channelized port to handle one, two, or four T1 or E1 lines; per-channel DS0 loopbacks; V.54 loopback code detector; onboard bit error rate tester (BERT); 16-kbyte FIFO in both receive and transmit directions; a local bus that allows for PCI bridging or local access; 2- to 33-MHz 32-bit PCI backplane interface.
Price: Contact vendor.

Product name: DS3131
Product description: The DS3131 bit synchronous HDLC controller (BoSS) can handle up to forty channels of high-speed bit synchronous HDLC. It also contains one octet synchronous port. The DS3131 BoSS does not contain any onboard support for channelized T1 or E1 data streams. Key features include forty timing-independent bit synchronous ports coupled with forty independent bi-directional HDLC channels, the capacity for each port to operate up to 52 Mbps, 132-Mbps full-duplex throughput, diagnostic loopbacks in both directions; on-board BERT, 8-kbyte FIFO in both receive and transmit directions, a local bus that allows for PCI bridging or local access, and a 25- to 33-MHz 32-bit PCI backplane interface.
Price: Contact vendor.

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IBM Microelectronics
1580 Route 52
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
http://www.chips.ibm.com
Contact: PowerPC Applications Support Hotline
Phone: 919.543.5701
Fax: 919.543.7575
E-mail: ppcsupp@us.ibm.com

Product name: PowerPC 405GP Embedded Controller
Product description: The PowerPC 405GP Embedded Controller is a highly integrated RISC device (up to 266 MHz) for wired communications systems. The 405GP includes an integrated Ethernet MAC, PCI interface, DMA controller, two serial ports, and I ² C for efficient data movement in a networked system. The 405GP also includes integrated functions such as 16K instruction and 8K data caches, integer MAC, SDRAM controller, CodePack instruction code compression, on-chip SRAM, JTAG debug, 64-bit CoreConnect on-chip bus, and many other peripherals.
Price (10k quantities): $41.
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Infineon Technologies Corp.
1730 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.infineon.com/
Phone: 800.777.4363 or 408.501.6000
Fax: 408.501.2424
E-mail: smi.webmaster@infineon.com
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Product name: Multichannel Network Interface Controller with up to 256 Channels and integrated Framers (MUNICH256/F/FM)
Product description: The 256 HDLC channel devices are the latest members of the established channelized HDLC/PPP Controller family. The MUNICH32X, 128X and 256 (PEB20321, PEB20324, PEB20256) handle 32, 128 or 256 data channels of full-duplex PCM highways with a high performance DMA controller. The system interface is via PCI. The MUNICH256F (PEB20256F) additionally  integrates 28T1/21E1 framer macro. For partially channelized T3 applications, the MUNICH256FM (PEB20256M) offers a unique integration of 256 HDLC/PPP channels, T1/E1 framer, M13 Multiplexer and T3 framer.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

Product name: Multichannel Network Interface Controller with up to 256 Channels and integrated Framers (MUNICH256/F/FM)
Product description: The 256 HDLC channel devices are the latest members of the established channelized HDLC/PPP Controller family. The MUNICH32X, 128X and 256 (PEB20321, PEB20324, PEB20256) handle 32, 128 or 256 data channels of full-duplex PCM highways with a high performance DMA controller. The system interface is via PCI. The MUNICH256F (PEB20256F) additionally  integrates 28T1/21E1 framer macro. For partially channelized T3 applications, the MUNICH256FM (PEB20256M) offers a unique integration of 256 HDLC/PPP channels, T1/E1 framer, M13 Multiplexer and T3 framer.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

Product name: Multiprotocol Controllers with integrated DMA and PCI (DSCC4)
Product description: The DMA integrated Serial Communication Controller (DSCC4 - PEB20534) brings together multi-protocol support on 4 channels with DMA and PCI. Any 2 channels can be used at up to 52Mbit/s for HSSI or T3 applications. Like the ESCC2 and 8 (SAB82532, SAB82538), the DSCC4 supports various protocols such as HDLC/PPP up to 52Mbit/s, ASYNC and BISYNC up to 2Mbit/s.  The ESCC2/8 have a 16bit microprocessor interface.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

Product name: 16-bit Microcontroller with USB and Terminal Adapter
Product description: The C165 16-bit core with USB interface and terminal adapter (TA)-supporting hardwired HDLC formatter fulfills the requirements for design implementations with or without USB support of small PBXs, full-featured ISDN-terminal adapters and ISDN-modems for LAN-to-WAN interworking. In addition, the device will support all upcoming USB-based PC-peripheral designs, serving requirements in terms of CPU performance, HDLC support, and ISDN system interfacing.
Price (10k quantities): Contact vendor.

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Kawasaki LSI
2570 North First Street, Suite 301
San Jose, CA 95131
http://www.klsi.com
Contact: Bryan Chin
Phone: 408.570.0555, ext. 411
Fax: 408.570.0567
E-mail: bryan@klsi.com
Product Xpress 112

Product name: LSI USB3
Product description: Kawasaki’s LSI USB3 configurable device has an embedded customized 16-bit RISC microprocessor that is designed to optimize USB communication. This device also has a USB engine, ROM, RAM, 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), UART, and external memory interface. The external memory interface allows the designer to interface with external programmable logic. The device can then be reconfigured with Kawasaki’s ASIC technology to meet the designer’s specific USB application.
Price (10k quantities): $14.00 (original configuration).

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Motorola
6501 William Cannon Drive West
Austin TX 78130
http:///mot-sps.com
Contact: Mike Shoemake
Phone: 512.895.3823
Fax: 512.895.8807
E-mail: rxxb90@email.sps.mot.com
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Product name: MPC8260 PowerQUICC II
Product description: The MPC8260 PowerQUICC II integrates an embedded PowerPC core operating up to 200 MHz and a communication processor module (CPM). The CPM simultaneously supports three fast serial communications controllers (FCCs), two multichannel controllers (MCCs), four serial communication controllers (SCCs), two serial management controllers (SMCs), one serial peripheral interface (SPI), and one I ² C interface.
Price: Contact vendor.

Product name: MPC860 PowerQUICC
Product description: The MPC860 PowerQUICC integrates two processing blocks, a PowerPC core and a CPM. The CPM supports four SCCs on the device, however, there are actually eight serial channels — four SCCs, two SMCs, one SPI, and one I ² C interface. The CPM off-loads peripheral tasks from the embedded PowerPC core.
Price: Contact vendor.

Product name: MPC860T PowerQUICC
Product description: This device supports up to 100 Mbps Ethernet plus four SCCs to support communication protocols such as ATM, HDLC, ISDN, multichannel HDLC, and 10BaseT Ethernet. The flexibility of the MPC860T makes it suitable for equipment such as SOHO and branch office routers, ADSL and cable modems, and intelligent switching hubs.
Price: $43.40 at 50 MHz (Pricing based on 0.32ý process.)

Product name: MPC860P PowerQUICC
Product description: The MPC860P features higher frequencies, larger instruction and data caches, and additional space for microcode with a larger dual-port RAM than the MPC860 PowerQUICC. Depending on the application, the larger caches alone are designed to provide a performance increase of up to 30 percent over previous MPC860’s at the same frequencies. The MPC860P is pin-for-pin compatible with existing MPC860 family members.
Price: $60.80 at 50 MHz (Pricing is based on 0.32ý process.) >.

Product name: MPC855T Communications Processor
Product description: This processor combines an off-the-shelf PowerPC microprocessor along with Motorola’s own CPM. The device features only one SCC instead of four. In addition, the MPC855T is manufactured in 0.32ý process technology allowing for 3.3-V core operation and 3.3-V I/O. The package is a 357-pin BGA package and is footprint compatible with existing MPC860 PowerQUICC designs. The MPC855T is also available at 50, 66, and 80 MHz.
Price: $25.36 (at 50 MHz.)

Product name: MPC850 Integrated PowerPC Processor
Product description: The MPC850 is a low-cost communication processor that integrates an embedded PowerPC core and a CPM. The CPM of the MPC850 supports up to seven serial channels, two SCCs, one I ² C port, one USB channel, two SMC’s, and one SPI.
Price: Contact vendor.
Contact: James Wilson
Phone: 512.895.6107
Fax: 512.895.8807
E-mail: ra1234@email.sps.mot.com

Product name: MPC823/823e Integrated Communication Processors
Product description: The MPC823 microprocessor integrates an embedded PowerPC core with a CPM and features system interface support. Additionally, the MPC823 integrates a video and LCD controller for image processing applications.
Price: Contact vendor.
Contact: James Wilson
Phone: 512.895.6107
Fax: 512.895.8807
E-mail: ra1234@email.sps.mot.com

Product name: MC68302 Integrated MultiProtocol Processor
Product description: The MC68302 offers the a closely coupled, industry-standard, MC68000/MC68008 microprocessor core and a flexible communications architecture. Through a combination of architectural and programmable features, concurrent operation of different protocols can be achieved using the MC68302. Data concentrators, modems, line cards, bridges, and gateways are examples of other suitable applications for this device.
Price (10k quantities): Approximately $12, depending on package and integration level.
Contact: Jeff Luftig
Phone: 512.895.6834
Fax: 512.895.8807
E-mail: R21261@email.sps.mot.com .

Product name: MC68360 QUICC
Product description: There are four SCCs on the device, however, there are actually seven serial channels which include four SCCs, two SMCs, and one SPI.
Price (10k quantities): Approximately $27, depending on package and integration level.
Contact: Elizabeth Rogers
Phone: 512.895.2476
Fax: 512.895.8807
E-mail: ra3717@email.sps.mot.com .

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NETsilicon, Inc.
411 Waverley Oaks Road, Bldg 227
Waltham, MA 02452
http://www.netsilicon.com
Contact: David Yeager
Phone: 781.647.1234
Fax: 781.893.1338
E-mail: info@netsilcion.com
Product Xpress 120

Product name: NET+ARM NET+5 and 10T
Product description: The NET+ARM NET+5 and 10T is a 5-MIPs, 10BaseT Ethernet solution that lets OEMs embed networking into semi-intelligent devices by providing sufficient processing power and a complete networking solution at a lower cost of entry.
Price (10k quantities): $12.50.

Product name: NET+ARM NET+12
Product description: NET+ARM NET+12 is a 12-MIPS, 10/100BaseT completely embedded, integrated networking solution, which (with PHY and memory) contains all the hardware and software necessary to add Ethernet/Internet connectivity to any product design. At the heart of the NET+ARM NET+12 is an ASIC containing a 32-bit ARM 7TDMI processing core, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a 10-channel DMA controller, two serial ports, four IEEE 1284 parallel ports, a bus interface along with all the software needed to function in an Ethernet or Internet environment.
Price (10k quantities): $27.50.

Product name: NET+ARM NET+15
Product description: NET+ARM NET+15 is a 15-MIPS, 10/100BaseT completely embedded, integrated networking solution, which (with PHY and memory) contains all the hardware and software necessary to add Ethernet/Internet connectivity to any product design. At the heart of the NET+ARM NET+ solution is an ASIC containing a 32-bit ARM 7TDMI processing core, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a 10-channel DMA controller, two serial ports, four IEEE 1284 parallel ports, a bus interface along with all the software needed to function in an Ethernet or Internet environment.
Price (10k quantities): $22.95.

Product name: NET+ARM NET+ 40
Product description: NET+ARM NET+40 is a 40-MIPS, 10/100BaseT completely embedded, integrated networking solution, which (with PHY and memory) contains all the hardware and software necessary to add Ethernet/Internet connectivity to any product design. At the heart of the NET+ARM NET+ solution is an ASIC containing a 32-bit ARM 7TDMI processing core, a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, a 10-channel DMA controller, two serial ports, four IEEE 1284 parallel ports, a bus interface along with all the software needed to function in an Ethernet or Internet environment.
Price (10k quantities): $24.95.

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PMC-Sierra, Inc.
8555 Baxter Place Suite 105
Burnaby, British Columbia
V54 4V7, Canada
http://www.pmc-sierra.com
Contact:Sales Department
http:/ww.pmc-sierra.com/
contactSales/index.htm
Phone: 604.415.6000
Fax: 604.415.6200
E-mail: document@pmc-sierra.com.
Product Xpress 121

Product name: PM7380 FREEDM-32P672
Product description: FREEDM-32P672 targets PCI-based system architectures typically used in remote access concentrators. The device supports up to 672 simultaneous HDLC channels across thirty-two T1 or E1 links (maximum).
The FREEDM-32P672 supports a 66-MHz, 32-bit PCI 2.1-compliant system interface, and allows systems designers to continue to deliver PCI-based solutions while leveraging the broad range of available PCI-compliant chips including ATM SARs, processors, bridges, and encryption and compression devices. The PM7380 FREEDM-32P672 is packaged in a 31 x 31 mm 329-pin PBGA.
Price (1k quantities): $299.

Product name: PM7381 FREEDM-32A672
Product description: FREEDM-32A672 is ideal for such as VoIP gateways and high-density Frame Relay interfaces. The device supports up to 672 simultaneous HDLC channels across thirty-two T1 or E1 links (maximum).
The FREEDM-32A672 supports the new Any-PHY streaming packet system interface. The Any-PHY interface is a 16-bit, 50-MHz multipoint bus which supports high-speed cell or packet data transfer for large numbers of channels. The interface is based on PMC-Sierra’s industry-standard POS-PHY specification used in POS interfaces. For applications such as Frame Relay or VoIP, FREEDM’s Any-PHY bus features support for aggregate data rates exceeding 622-Mbps sustained traffic with small average packet size, and the ability to ensure the low latency required for delay sensitive applications such as voice.
Price (1k quantities): The pin-compatible PM7381 FREEDM-32A672 is priced at $239.

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T.sqware, Inc.
2350 Mission College Blvd., Suite 1140
Santa Clara, CA 95054
http://www.tsqware.com
Contact: Tom McQuade
Phone: 408.327.5938
Fax: 408.327.5999
E-mail: tmcquade@sqware.com
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Product name: TS702
Product description: The TS702 is T.sqware’s entry-level product featuring 128 DS0 channels or 14 DS1 channels of HDLC. The part has four high-speed serial links that can simultaneously operate up to 11 Mbps each. The intelligent HDLC controller can process HDLC and other link-layer protocols such as MTP2 of the SS7 stack, can be programmed to handle n x 8 kbps or n x 64 kbps time slots, and any time slot can be mapped to any physical link.
Price (10k quantities): $80.

Product name: TS703
Product description: The TS703 is the first of T.sqware’s edge processor family. The TS703 is capable of terminating 256 DS0, forty-two DS1 or two DS3 HDLC channels. Each of the twelve high-speed serial links can handle up to 52 Mbps. The "write only" shared memory architecture optimizes PCI resources allowing for high bandwidth over PCI. The edge processor can also provide a variety of link-layer functions such as performing Frame Relay, PPP, multi-link PPP, LAP D, and MTP2.
Price (10k quantities): $140.

Product name: TS704
Product description: The TS704 is capable of terminating 672 DS0, eighty-four DS1 or three DS3 HDLC channels. Each of the sixteen high-speed serial links can handle up to 52 Mbps. The "write only" shared memory architecture optimizes PCI resources allowing for the highest bandwidth over PCI. The edge processor can also provide a variety of link layer functions such as performing Frame Relay, PPP, MLPPP, LAP D, and MTP2.
Price (10k quantities): $278.

Product name: TS518
Product description: The TS518 is T.sqware’s TDM aggregator. The TS518 is capable of concentrating thirty-two asynchronous, out of phase TDM streams (usually T1 or E1 lines) and multiplexes them into two high-speed links with just the control of a T.sqware edge processor. Each of the thirty-two links can handle up to 12 Mbps. This allows for a large number of data-streams (up to 84 T1s on the TS704) to be concentrated into T.sqware’s edge processor family.
Price (10k quantities): $40.

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TranSwitch Corp.
3 Enterprise Drive Shelton, CT 06484
http://www.transwitch.com
Contact: Cheryl Lechok
Phone: 203.929.8810, ext. 237
Fax: 203.926.9453
E-mail: cheryl@txc.com
Product Xpress 124

Product name: MCHDLC
Product description: The TranSwitch MCHDLC is a programmable multichannel HDLC for Internet access, Frame Relay, and T1/E1 datacom applications. It supports 256 channels and offers flexible interfaces for both channelized and unchannelized T1/E1 applications. The off-chip rate adaptation memory minimizes bus latency and facilitates data transfer to and from the system CPU. The controller’s message-based mailbox interface with the CPU simplifies system architecture and allows the system’s design to be partitioned more cleanly.
Price (10k quantities): $58.

Product name: PHAST-12
Product description: TranSwitch’s PHAST-12 ATM packet and SONET/SDH terminator supports ATM cell, packet or TDM mapping at OC-3, OC-12 and OC-48 speeds. In quad OC-3 mode the PHAST-12 can carry mixed traffic, enabling systems OEMs to build hybrid transport or multiservice platforms. PHAST-12 works with TranSwitch’s line of mappers, PHAST-3, and SOT-3 overhead terminators, the ASPEN access device, and TranSwitch’s standard telecom bus interface. The device also incorporates IBM’s SMART architecture.
Price (1k quantities): $249.

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ZiLOG, Inc.
910 East Hamilton Avenue, Suite 110
Campbell, CA 95008
http://www.zilog.com
Contact: Craig MacKenna
Phone: 408.558.8477
Fax: 408.558.8350
E-mail: comcmackenna@zilog.com
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Product name: Z80182
Product description: The device features two synchronous communication ports (each up to 5 Mbps) for HDLC communication, two DMAs, two C/Ts, twenty-four GPIOs, two UARTs (up to 512 kbps), and a 33-MHz Z80 processor. It is 100% code-compatible with the Z80, and has a 1-Mbyte addressing PLL, a clock serial I/O for interprocessor communication, a 16550 UART.
Price (10k quantities): $8.25.

Product name: Z80181
Product description: The device features one synchronous communication port (each up to 3 Mbps) for HDLC communication, two DMAs, two C/Ts, sixteen GPIOs, two UARTs (up to 512 kbps), and a 10-MHz Z80 processor. It is 100% compatible with the Z80 and has 1-Mbyte addressing, a clock serial I/O for interprocessor communication.
Price (10k quantities): $8.15.

Product name: Z84C15
Product description: The dvice features two channel synchronous communication ports (each up to 3 Mbps) for HDLC communication, and a 10-MHz Z80 processor. It is 100% code-compatible with the Z80, and has a clock serial I/O for interprocessor communication.
Price (10k quantities): $6.70.

Product name: Z02280/Z02980 Processor with Integrated Modem
Product description: The Z02280 2.4-kbps single-chip MPU+modem includes an S180 microprocessor and modem DSP and AFE, with active hybrid. An API library allows linking of up to 1-Mbyte application code and modem control code (provided) in an external memory. Changes to country PTT parameters and DAA controls can be placed in external serial EEPROM using an EEPROM interface. The Z02980 includes a proprietary 9.6-kbps mode.
Distribution Resale Price (10k quantities): $8.16 (Z02280), $11.16 (Z02980).

Product name: Z02202/Z02923 Modem DSP+AFE
Product description: The Z02202 2.4-kbps modem data pump includes a DSP and AFE, with active hybrid. It supports multiple protocols including V.22bis, V.22, V.21, V.23, Bell 103, Bell 212A, and Bell 202T. The host processor controls DSP activities (including handshake timing, simultaneous tone generation and detection, and filtering).
Distribution Resale Price (10k quantities): $3.80 (Z02202), $6.81 (Z02923).

Product name: Z80382
Product description: The Z80382 is designed for high-end data communication applications such as DSL, digital (GSM, ISDN), and analog modems. The device maintains object-code compatibility with Z80 and Z180 microprocessors, and features a16-bit core with 16-Mbyte linear addressing, two enhanced UARTS, three HDLC synchronous serial channels, a plug-and-play ISA bus interface, a PCMCIA interface, a 32-bit GPIO, and eight advanced DMA channels with 24-bit addressing.
Price (10k quantities): $14.
Contact: James Liu
Phone: 408.558.8428
Fax: 408.558.8350
E-mail: jliu@zilog.com.

Network Processors

Agere
4030 West Braker Lane, Suite 500
Austin, TX 78759
http://www.agere.com
Contact: Teri Collins
Phone: 512.502.2800
Fax: 512.502.2830
E-mail: teri@agere.com
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Product name: Agere Fast Pattern Processor (FPP)
Product description: The Agere FPP is a programmable network processor IC that can handle complex multiprotocol information at wire speeds up to 2.5 Gbps/OC-48. The FPP processes the Internet protocols and applications required by carrier and enterprise edge systems. The protocols include IP, ATM, ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5), and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), while the applications include routing, switching, network management, firewalls, monitoring, segmentation and re-assembly (SAR), and access control list (ACL) processing.
Price (100-piece quantities): $500 (100 MHz), $200 (60 MHz).

Product name: Agere Fast Pattern Processor (FPP) evaluation system
Product description: Agere’s FPP evaluation system demonstrates the functionality of the FPP. It contains a full-sized PCI add-in board with an Agere FPP; memory; an OC-12 (622-Mbps) physical interface; and the output control logic necessary to record packet data, classification, and packet statistics. The system features Agere’s system simulator software, which allows engineers to accurately simulate a variety of Agere FPP design implementations. The host system is a desktop computer available in Solaris and Windows NT configurations.
Price (single quantity): $25,000.00.

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Alliance Semiconductor Corp.
3099 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134-2006
http://www.alliancesemi.com
Contact: Bhanu Nanduri,
Director of Marketing,
Embedded Products
Phone: 408.383.4900
Fax: 408.383.4999
E-mail: bnanduri@alsc.com
Product Xpress 104

Product name: IPRP-V4 family
Product description: The Internet protocol routing processors for IP-V4 (IPRP-V4) family enables wire-speed routing of IP-V4 packets at speeds up to OC-192. The IPRP-V4 family is comprised of three different chips (ASN64132, ASN32132, and ASN16132) that are pin- and function-compatible, differing only in the size of the database they support. The ASN64132 has a built-in 64k-entry database; the ASN32132 and ASN16132 support 32k- and 16k-entries, respectively.
When operating at a frequency of 66 MHz, the ASNxx132 can provide system architects with sufficient bandwidth to design wire-speed multiport gigabit and terabit routers. The ASNxx132 is able to search its entire database and provide the longest prefix match search result (for the classless interdomain routing [CIDR] protocol) once every 15 ns. Up to six ASNxx132 devices can be depth-cascaded with no glue logic, resulting in a database capable of supporting up to 384k IP-V4 addresses. Up to eight devices can be cascaded when operating at lower frequencies.
Price (10k quantities): The ASN64132 is priced from $150, the ASN32132 from $75, and the ASN16132 from $50.

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Basis Communications Corp.
46712 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538-6582
http://www.basiscomm.com
Contact: Kristin Goldthorpe
Phone: 510.624.7614
Fax: 510.624.7690
E-mail: kristin@basiscomm.com
Product Xpress 106

Product name: BC6913 DSL Network Processor
Product description: The BC6913 DSL network processor is targeted for DSL-based customer premises equipment (CPE) applications such as DSL modems, routers, bridges, or residential gateways for high-speed Internet access. The device includes a DSL network processor chip (BC6911), network protocol stacks (including RFC 2364 PPP over ATM, RFC 1483 multiprotocol encapsulation over ATM, RFC 2225 classical IP, and ARP over ATM) for DSL provisioning, an industry-standard RTOS, and an open API.
Price (1k quantities): $35.00.

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Product name: ATM Multiservice Chip PBM98008/1
Product description: Ericsson’s ATM Multiservice Chip is a single-chip ATM processor which provides two ATM Forum 25.6 interfaces for data and video on demand (VoD) services, POTS or ISDN over ATM via AAL1 (with a PCM interface for up to four structured 64-kbps channels or one unstructured 2048/1544-kbps channel, T1/E1), and a UTOPIA level 1 and 2 interface for additional external services from a modem or transceiver.
Pricing (10k quantities): $33.66.

Infineon Technologies Corp.
1730 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95112
http://www.infineon.com/
Phone: 800.777.4363 or 408.501.6000
Fax: 408.501.2424
E-mail: smi.webmaster@infineon.com

Product name: ATM Chipset
Product description: The ATM chipset consists of three different integrated circuits: ATM layer processor (ALP), ATM operation and maintenance processor (AOP), and ATM buffer manager (ABM). The ATM ALP (PXB4350) performs header translation, traffic measurement, and a simple operation and mainenance (OAM) fault management function in both directions. Additionally, a policing unit is implemented in the upstream direction and a logical multicast and buffer management unit is implemented in the downstream direction. The AOP (PXB 4340) handles all OAM functions of the ATM layer (such as alarming functions like alarm indication signal/remote defect indication (AIS/RDI), continuity check (CC) for unpredictable events and measurement functions loop back (LB), and performance monintoring (PM) which are initiated by network management. Alarm functions are supported for all 16k connections simultaneously. The ABM is a traffic management device supporting the classes constant bit rate (CBR), variable bit rate (VBR)-rt/nrt, available bit rate (ABR), unspecified bit rate (UBR), and in part the next generation guaranteed frame rate (GFR). On the software side it supports easy connection admission control (CAC).
Price: contact vendor.

Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group
555 Union Blvd, Room 30L-15P-BA
Allentown, PA 18103
http://www.lucent.com/micro
Contact: Microelectronics Group Customer Response
Phone: 800.372.2447, Dept. N04
Fax: 610.712.4106
Product Xpress 114

Product name: ATM Port Controller (APC)
Product description: Lucent’s APC is a network processor IC that provides high-bandwidth access to ATM networks. It takes individual streams of data from access applications such as DSL and combines them on high-bandwidth network trunks, performing several functions previously done only in high-end core ATM network switches. The APC monitors the incoming data streams for voice and video applications, and ensures that data streams for such applications are processed and prioritized to support the quality of service (QoS) levels expected by business and residential customers. Its programmability permits in-service field upgrades and the ability to support new services as they become available.
Price (1k quantities): $450.

Maker Communications
73 Mount Wayte Avenue
Framingham, MA 01702
http://www.maker.com
Contact: Tom Medrek
Phone: 508.766.3238
Fax: 508.628.0256
E-mail: tmedrek@maker.com .
Product Xpress 116

Product name: MXT3020 Circuit Coprocessor
Product description: The MXT3020 Circuit Coprocessor works with the MXT3010 to convert traffic between an ATM network and time division multiplexed (TDM) links for building systems (including voice over ATM products) that integrate ATM networks with TDM links. It supports circuit emulation services over ATM, AAL1, SDT, and UDT (such as PBX trunking, computer telephony and video conferencing); cell relay; inverse multiplexing ATM (IMA); AAL2; AAL5; integrated services; voice and telephony over ATM; and mobile trunking applications.
Price (10k quantities): $125.

MMC Networks
1134 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
http://www.mmcnet.com
Contact: Lawrence Ebringer
Phone: 408.731.1600
Fax : 408.731.1660
E-mail: lebringer@mmcnet.com
Product Xpress 115

Product name: AnyFlow 5500 ATM, Frame, and Ethernet network processor chipset
Product description: This software-programmable silicon engine contains the base-level functionality to examine, modify, and make wirespeed switching decisions at Layers 2 through 7 of the OSI model, while simultaneously providing per-flow queuing, packet/cell internetworking, and multicast capabilities. These base-level instructions can be combined in many ways by the higher level software of network equipment vendors, to build highly differentiated switches and routers with a throughput of up to 40 Gbps. Support for 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, HDLC, POS, and ATM interfaces.
Price (10k quantities): $1,500.

Motorola
6501 William Cannon Drive West
Austin TX 78130
http:///mot-sps.com
For information on the following product:
Contact: Ferenc Koplyay
Phone: 512.895.7228
Fax: 512.895.8807
E-mail: ra3756@email.sps.mot.com .
Product Xpress 117

Product name: MC92501 ATM Cell Processor
Product description: The MC92501 is an ATM layer device composed of dedicated high-performance ingress and egress cell processors combined with UTOPIA Level 2-compliant PHY and switch interface ports. The MC92501 is a second generation ATM cell processor in Motorola’s MC92500 series. The MC92501 features full-duplex operation at data rates up to 155 Mbps. The device implements ATM layer functions for broadband ISDN according to ATM Forum UNI 4.0 and TM4.0 specifications, ITU recommendations, and Bellcore recommendations.
Price: $72.00.

MUSIC Semiconductors
4633 Old Ironsides Drive, #130
Santa Clara, CA 95054
http://www.music-ic.com
Contact: David L. Sinofsky
Phone: 408.232.9060
Fax: 408.232.9201
E-mail: dsinof@music-ic.com
Product Xpress 118

Product name: Epoch
Product description: Epoch is a Layer 3/Layer 4 switch that performs routing and flow recognition for IPv4, IPv4 multicast, and IPX packets at 1.4 million packets per sec. Epoch is designed for WAN access switches, remote access servers, DSLAMs, and similar applications. The device supports 16 or 30 ports with 8 or 4 queues per port, respectively. Flow recognition and multiple queues per port allow Epoch to offer QoS and firewall assist. A Music MUAC routing coprocessor acts as Epoch’s Layer 3/4 database and can hold up to 32,768 IP addresses. Epoch’s clock speed is 66 MHz and is a 3.3-V part in a 456-ball PBGA. A Verilog model is available.
Price (10k quantities): $45.

Product name: MUAA Routing Co-Processor
Product description: The MUAA Routing Co-Processor (RCP) is an 80-bit wide Ethernet address processor. The MUAA supports forty-eight ports of 100 Mbps Ethernet or 4 ports of 1 Gbps Ethernet at wire speed with instructions for learning and aging Ethernet addresses. The synchronous I/O has a 32-bit input and a 32-bit output. A 32-bit asynchronous processor port supports initialization and table maintenance. The MUAA RCP has a depth of 2,048 or 8,192 words and up to four can be cascaded at full speed for deeper tables. The devices are 3.3-V in 160-pin PQFP packages and are available for both commercial and industrial temperature ranges. A Verilog model is available.
Price: 2k words deep: $24, 8k words deep: $59.

Product name: MUAC RCP
Product description: The MUAC RCP is a 64-bit wide address processor with special instructions for IPv4 CIDR processing. The device performs a search at 35 ns, thus processing over 28 million IPv4 packets per second. The device also provides processing at Layer 2 (forty-two ports of 100 Mbps Ethernet or nineteen ports of OC-12 ATM) and at Layer 4 and above. The device has a 32-bit I/O and a 16-bit match address output port. The MUAC RCP has a depth of 4,096 or 8,192 words and can be cascaded for deeper tables. The devices are 3.3-V in 100-pin TQFP packages and are available in both commercial and industrial temperature ranges. A Verilog model is available.
Price (10k quantities): $30.

Product name: MU9C8328
Product description: The MU9C8328 is a single port 10 Mbps Ethernet filtering device that receives serial data from the Ethernet PHY and indicates whether a packet should be discarded by using a dedicated result port and the processor port. The 16-bit processor port is used to initialize the device. A MUSIC LANCAM companion device holds an address table of 512 to 4,096 entries, depending on the specific LANCAM. The MU9C8328 is a 5-V part in a 100-pin PQFP package and is available for both commercial and industrial temperature ranges.
Price (10k quantities): $8.00.

Product name: MU9C8338
Product description: The MU9C8338 is a single-port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet switching and filtering device that receives MII data from the Ethernet PHY and returns a switch port for the packet. The device decides whether the packet should be discarded using both a dedicated result port and the processor port. The 16-bit processor port is used to initialize the device. A MUSIC LANCAM companion device holds an address table of 256 to 8,192 entries, depending on the specific LANCAM. The MU9C8338 is a 3.3-V part in a 144-pin LQFP package.
Price (10k quantities): $11.

Product name: MU9C8358
Product description: The MU9C8358 is a 4-port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet switching and filtering device that receives MII data from the Ethernet PHYs and returns a switch port for the packet using a dedicated result port and the processor port. The 16-bit processor port is used to initialize the device. A MUSIC LANCAM companion device holds an address table of 512 to 8,192 entries, depending on the specific LANCAM. The MU9C8358 is a 5-V part in a 208-pin PQFP package.
Price (10k quantities): $38.

Solidum Systems Corp.
940 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4A2, Canada
http://www.solidum.com
Contact: Charlie Jenkins
Phone: 831.461.0940
Fax: 831.461.0960
E-mail: cjenkins@wirespeed.solidum.com .
Product Xpress 123

Product name: PAX.works 3.0
Product description: PAX.works 3.0 development system is a software suite for application/product development. It enables early prototyping, testing, and debugging of complex policy-based networking products. Using PAX.works, developers express policy rules in a high-level nonprocedural PAX pattern description language (PDL), and then execute in a simulated or live network environment (using the PAX.ware 100 NIC). The device includes a compiler for PAX PDL, a cTESTER tool for testing and debugging using software simulation, an hTESTER tool for testing and debugging using PAX.ware NIC, a packet-generation tool, and a library of patterns in PAX PDL.
Price: A single development system is $19,500 plus maintenance. Contact vendor for details on quantity discounts.

TranSwitch Corp.
3 Enterprise Drive Shelton, CT 06484
http://www.transwitch.com
Contact: Cheryl Lechok
Phone: 203.929.8810, ext. 237
Fax: 203.926.9453
E-mail: cheryl@txc.com
Product Xpress 124

Product name: ASPEN
Product description: TranSwitch’s ASPEN multiservice VLSI access device combines programmable microcode, the TranSwitch Cellbus switching fabric and RISC processor-based architecture to provide 622 Mbps processing for TDM, packet and ATM traffic. Since key functions are provisioned in microcode, downloading new code allows features to be added easily and speeds response to standards changes. Additional ASPEN products enable customization of OEM products.
Price (10k quantities): $150.

VLSI Technology
8375 South River
Tempe, Arizona 85284
http://www.vlsi.com
Contact: Omer Wehunt
Phone: 480.752.6145
Fax: 480.752.6014
E-mail: omer.wehunt@vlsi.com .

Product name: PACE P2048 HDLC/ATM controller
Product description: Designed for high-channel aggregation solutions, the P2048 (VNS67800) is VLSI’s 2,048 channel low-power HDLC controller. The P2048 uses a unique state machine architecture to perform Frame Relay packet and ATM cell delineation, on T1 or E1 transmission protocol, for 2,048 DS0 logical channels for a full-duplex aggregate throughput of 135 Mbps. The P2048 provides a 66-MHz 64-bit PCI interface, and interfaces to eighty-four T1s, three T3s, HSSI, and DSL devices.
Price (10k quantities): $240.

XaQti Corp.
3100 De Lacruz Blvd Santa Clara, CA 95054
http://www.xaqti.com
Contact: Marketing Department
Phone: 408.566.0800
Fax: 408.986.8608
E-mail: info@xaqti.com
Product Xpress 126

Product name: TeraPOWER-CL
Product description: A 2.5-Gbps aggregate stream processor for DiffServ applications, the TeraPOWER-CL uses quad active-flow processors for programmable deep-packet processing of packets and cells from Layer 2 through Layer 7, including data payload, programmable policy-based switching and routing, and dynamic queue management (including traffic shaping and RMON support). Support for multiple media access control schemes including 10, 100, and Gigabit Ethernet; FDDI; Token ring; and POS. The device interfaces with zero glue logic to XaQti Gigabit Ethernet MAC chips XMAC II and GIgaPOWER, Vitesse POS product family, and 10/100 Octal Ethernet MACs. It uses the CSIX common switch interface specification to interface to fabric components from Vitesse, Power-X, and any CSIX-compliant fabric component. Scalable architecture allows a wide range of multilayer, multiservice switch and router platforms from 10- to 512-Gbps bandwidth processing capacities. It contains complete design and development support, including packet processing and Layer 3 switching firmware.
Price (10k quantities): Contact XaQti.

Kawasaki LSI
2570 North First Street, Suite 301
San Jose, CA 95131
http://www.klsi.com
Contact: Bryan Chin
Phone: 408.570.0555, ext. 411
Fax: 408.570.0567
E-mail: bryan@klsi.com
Product Xpress 112

Product name: Longest Match Engine
Product description: The Longest Match Engine (LME) is the key component for classless interdomain routing (CIDR) and is used for collecting associative data for the longest match when there are multiple matching entries. Throughput is 4.17 million packets per second (Mpps) for the 8k LME and 6.7 Mpps for the 64k LME. Data insertion and deletion rate are 500 entries/s and 1k entries/s, respectively. Table size is 8k x 32 for the 8K LME and 64k x 40 for the 64k LME. The device is also available as an ASIC core.
Price (10k quantities): $40.00 for the 8k version and $60 for the 64k version.

Lara Technology, Inc. 2345 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95131
http://www.laratech.com
Contact: Chai Vaidya
Phone: 408.519.4517
Fax: 408.519.4599
E-mail: chai@laratech.com
Product Xpress 113

The LTI7010 SuperCAM is fully ternary (there is a mask bit for every data bit). Also it is user-configured to handle 34-, 68-, 136-, and 272-bit operations. For example, it can be configured to be 8k x136, 4k x 272, 16k x 68, or a 32k x 34 device. With multiple requirements in the filtering and packet-forwarding process, the LTI7010 has four quadrants, and each quadrant can have its own programmable width. The SuperCAM search engine can handle IPv4 operations (such as 32-bit look-ups and filtering and classification on words wider than 128 bits) and allows multiple applications to co-exist in the same device. Combining Layer 2 and Layer 3 applications in the same device shortens the development time. The LTI7010 SuperCAM is available in 66 and 83-MHz speed grades.
Price (10k quantities): Starts at less than $40.00.

Music Semiconductors
4633 Old Ironsides Drive, #130
Santa Clara, CA 95054
http://www.music-ic.com
Contact: David L. Sinofsky
Phone: 408.232.9060
Fax: 408.232.9201
E-mail: dsinof@music-ic.com
Product Xpress 118

Product name: MU9C3480/MU9C5480
Product description: The MU9C3480 (256 word depth) and MU9C5480 (512-word depth) are members of the LANCAM family with the same 64-bit word width, 16-bit I/O width and instruction set as all LANCAM devices. The devices can process packets at Layer 2 (eight 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports at wirespeed), Layer 3 (2.7M IPv4 CIDR look-ups per second), and at Layer 4 and above. The MU9C3480 and MU9C5480 come in 44-pin PLCC packages, are available in 3.3- and 5-V versions, and are available for both commercial and industrial temperature ranges. Verilog and VHDL models are available.
Price (10k quantities): MU9C3480 — $6.00, MU9C5480 — $9.00.

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.
465 Fairchild Drive, #101
Mountain View, CA 94043 http://www.netlogicmicro.com
Contact: NetLogic Marketing
Phone: 650.961.6676
Fax: 650.961.1086
E-mail: marketing@netlogicmicro.com
Product Xpress 119

Product name: IPCAM-2, NL85721-50/66
Product description: The IPCAM-2, NL85721-50/66 is an 8k x 128 ternary CAM performing parallel and deterministic search operations on memory tables designed for Internet packet classification applications such as Gigabit Ethernet routers and ATM switches. Masking on each CAM word on a bit-by-bit basis is provided with an 8k x 128 local mask word. The device contains 66 million sustained searches/sec and is depth cascadable without glue logic. Modules up to 64k entries are available. The device comes in a 292-contact PBGA package.
Price (10k quantities): The NL85721-50/66 device is priced at $36.75 (50 MHz) and $44 (66 MHz). NLM87721-40/50 (32K x 128) 168-pin DIMM module is priced at $147 (40 MHz) and $176 (50 MHz).

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