Network Processors
Solutions for Access Networks and Customer Premises Equipment Devices
Network Processors
WinPath3 (WP3)
- 15M packets per second
- 16 Gigabit Ethernet SGMIIs
- 16 TDIs supporting T1/E1/T3/E3
- EMPHY interface for connection to UFE412
WinPath3 SuperLite (WP3-SL)
- 6 Gigabit Ethernet
- 24 Fast Ethernet interfaces
- 16 TDM interfaces
- Low power consumption
- 27 mm × 27 mm 672 FCBGA package
WinPath4 (WP4)
- Four 10 Gigabit Ethernet MACs
- 24 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (SGMII or QSGMII)
- 12 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet SGMIIs
- 12 10/100 SS-SMIIs or four RGMIIs
- 48 WinGines running at 500 MHz
Universal Front End for WinPath3 (UFE412)
- CES, ATM, HDLC, POS preprocessing
- Four OC3/STM-1 or 1xOC-12/STM-4 ports
- Up to 1K channels, ranging from a single DS0 to full OC-12c/STM-4
- Any service, any channel
Processor Features
WinPath Data Plane
- Dedicated WinGines Network Processor (NPU) as the basis for programmable data path, packet processing and forwarding and also Software-Defined Networking (SDN)/OpenFlow pipeline
- Balanced and symmetric multiprocessor and multithreading architecture
- Strategically placed hardware accelerators including Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
- Internal SRAM and external DDR3 SDRAM to buffer large amount of burst traffic
WinPath Control Plane
- General-purpose MIPS® cores
- L1 and L2 cache
WinPath Data Plane Interfaces
- Packet: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Packet Over SONET-Physical Layer (POS-PHY), System Packet Interface Level 3 (SPI3)
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM): Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Fully Programmable Solution With Integrated CPU and NPU Subsystems
- CPU System
- Integrates general-purpose MIPS® core
- Runs user OS and applications
- Initializes and configures NPU system
- Supports for cache, Flash, I2C, UART, host bus, INT, timer etc.
- NPU System
- Features balanced and symmetric multi-processor and multi-threading architecture
- Runs micro code in program RAM
- Is assisted by various hardware accelerators
- Offers IPSec, Traffic Management, Classification, Policing, and more
- Is optimized for L2/L3 packet processing and forwarding
- Supports Ethernet, IP, TDM and ATM interfaces
Documentation
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- WP3 Product Brief
- WP4 Product Brief
- WP Family Device Selection Guide
- Software-Defined CPE Accelerates SDN Adoption in Access Networks White Paper
Network Processor Ecosystem
- InfiniPHY
- IP Infusion
- Rayton
- Taurus teleSYS Inc.
InfiniPHY
InfiniPHY, based in the UK, is a long-standing software and control plane solutions partner for Microchip’s WinPath®-based systems. The company has a proven track record of delivering WinPath-based solutions to customers worldwide. InfiniPHY's WanStaX portfolio comes pre-integrated with WinPath and uniquely makes full use of WinPath hardware accelerated features.
With WanStaX, InfiniPHY offers highly cost-effective access network solutions based on WinPath, enabling rapid development, integration, and testing cycles. WanStaX allows customers to develop access network systems that support Carrier Ethernet, L2/L3 VPN, TDM, MPLS, and PWE3-based services with minimal software development effort. The portfolio provides comprehensive functionality required for MEF-standard Network Interface Devices, including timing and synchronization features compliant with IEEE® 1588v2 and SyncE standards.
Many of the capabilities of WanStaX are readily available as functional demonstration builds which can be run on Microchip's WDS development platforms for WinPath. In conjunction with InfiniPHY's consultancy and professional services offering, WanStaX is a sure route to successful product delivery for WinPath based devices.
IP Infusion
In partnership with Microchip, IP Infusion offers a pre-integrated ZebOS® software platform on WinPath3 reference designs that provides an accelerated time-to-market software solution with reduced development risks and improved return on investment. IP Infusion is a leading provider of network software for enhanced Ethernet and IP services. OEMs rely on IP Infusion's ZebOS software platform and global professional services to bring products to market faster and to differentiate them from competitors with less cost.
Products built on IP Infusion technology are deployed in networks with five-9s reliability across five continents, as well as a growing number of enterprises, to improve network performance, decrease network infrastructure costs, and grow revenue.
Rayton
Rayton is an ODM/OEM service provider in China, with extensive experience on WinPath3, WinPath3-SuperLite and WinPath4 hardware design and board bring ups. They also develop WinPath based white boxes for PTN and IP-RAN applications.
Taurus teleSYS Inc.
Taurus teleSYS Inc (Taurus) has 40 years’ experience in the real-time simulation industry and in project engineering and management of real-time computer and communications projects for the energy and telecommunications industry. Taurus has successfully executed multi-million-dollar projects and marketed its products in the national and international marketplaces.
Since 1980, Taurus is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and US government subcontractor that designs, builds and installs thermal and nuclear power plant training simulators. The US Department of Energy contracted Taurus to implement a digital computer-based system to test—using a closed-loop, deterministic and real-time method—Instrumentation and Control (I&C) equipment for Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs). The hardware devices (detector emulators) convert the computer output signals into actual plant detector signals, which drive the seamlessly redundant Ethernet network that connects I&C equipment under test. The scope of work involves dynamic modeling of actual plant systems and physical phenomena (such as two-phase flow and reactor kinetics) which must be calculated explicitly in real-time at 100 Hz. The scope of effort consists of development, assembly and acceptance testing of all hardware and software, including training of customer engineers within 24 to 36 months, using the digital twin technology for I&C implementation.
Taurus’ XS-3500 PCI Mezzanine Card
Taurus’ XS-3500 is a standard PCI Mezzanine Card or PMC with both PMC and XMC connectors. Equipped with Microchip’s WinPath3 network processor SoC and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) microcontroller, the XS-3500 provides programmable networking and gateway functions and state-of-the-art security, encryption and integrity protection. The XS-3500 is an ideal multi-purpose accelerator platform for industrial virtualization, modeling, simulation and digital twin implementations.
Taurus has a registered NATO Commercial and Government Entity Code (NCAGE) 1FUM3 for doing business with US and international governments.
