GCIXP1240AB 837151 Intel, GCIXP1240AB 837151 Datasheet - Page 9

• Manufacturer Part Number: GCIXP1240AB 837151
• Manufacturer: Intel

Specifications of GCIXP1240AB 837151

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Figure 1. Block Diagram
Product Description
The Intel
high-performance parallel processing power and flexibility to a wide variety of networking,
communications, and other data-intensive products. The IXP1240 is designed specifically as a data
control element for applications that require access to a fast memory subsystem, a fast interface to
I/O devices such as network MAC devices, and processing power to perform efficient
manipulation on bits, bytes, words, and longword data.
The IXP1240 combines the popular StrongARM* processor with six independent 32-bit RISC data
engines with hardware multithread support that combined, provide over 1 giga-operations per
second. The Microengines contain the processing power to perform tasks typically reserved for
high speed ASICs. In LAN switching applications, the six Microengines are capable of packet
forwarding of over 3 million Ethernet packets per second at Layer 3. The StrongARM* processor
can then be used for more complex tasks such as address learning, building and maintaining
forwarding tables, and network management.
Notes:
* Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
32-bit bus
®
32-bit Data Bus
32-bit ARM System Bus
64-bit bus
IXP1240 Network Processor is a highly integrated, hybrid data processor that delivers
UART
GPIO
FBI Unit
StrongARM*
StrongARM
SA-1 Core
Scratchpad
SRAM Unit
Hash Unit
(4 Kbyte)
Interface
Memory
Intel
IX Bus
Core
Intel
4 Timers
RTC
®
Intel IXP1240 Network Processor
16 Kbyte
Icache
Mini-Dcache
Write Buffer
Read Buffer
512 Byte
8 Kbyte
Dcache
engine
engine
Micro-
Micro-
1
4
JTAG
Intel
engine
engine
Micro-
Micro-
2
5
®
SDRAM Unit
IXP1240 Network Processor
PCI Unit
engine
engine
Micro-
Micro-
3
6
64-bit bus
32-bit bus
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