Fulcrum's Alta switch chips add programmable pipeline to keep pace with standards
Briefing: Data centre switching
Part 2: Ethernet switch chips
Fulcrum Microsystems has announced its latest FocalPoint chip family of Ethernet switches. The Alta FM6000 series family supports up to 72 10-Gigabit ports and can process over one billion packets a second.
“Instead of every top-of-rack switch having a CPU subsystem, you could put all the horsepower into a set of server blades”
Gary Lee, Fulcrum Microsystems