Intel® IXP2805 Network Processor

The Intel® IXP2805 network processor is footprint- and pin compatible with the Intel® IXP28XX product line of network processors, allowing customers an easy migration path for new designs that require higher performance and lower power. The Intel IXP2805 is a highly flexible and programmable network processor with a high-performance parallel processing architecture for processing complex Layer 2 through Layer 7 algorithms, deep packet inspection and filtering, traffic management, and forwarding at wire speed. 

The Intel IXP2805 network processor is supported by a comprehensive development environment including a common set of development tools, libraries, and example designs that can help accelerate time-to-market and enable the addition of new and evolving services to customer applications.

Product Highlights   Low-power/high-performance solution for a broad range of Layer 2 through Layer 7 applications   Up to 10 Gbps packet forwarding, policing, scheduling, queue management, and protocol inter-working   16 fully programmable multi-threaded microengines support 25 Giga-operations per second   High-performance, low-power 32-bit Intel XScale® core for processing complex algorithms, route table maintenance, and control plane and system-level management functions   64-million enqueue/dequeue packet operations per second, enabling deep packet processing of minimum 49-byte Packet-Over-SONET (POS) packets with no loss of performance   Software- and pin-compatible with the Intel® IXP28XX product line of network processors, preserving customer investments and enabling evolution of current IXP28XX-based boards and systems   Industry-standard Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture*-based (AdvancedTCA*) hardware development platform for rapid product development and prototyping