ABIT server motherboards integrate Cavium's NITROX™ processor to slash the
cost of security processing appliance platforms
Santa Clara, CA January 20, 2003 - ABIT
Computer Corporation, a world-class motherboard manufacturer and Cavium
Networks, the cost and performance leader in security processing today announced
that ABIT's SI-1Ns server motherboard is shipping with Cavium's NITROX Security
Macro Processor. ABIT's SI-1Ns is an Intel® (NASDAQ: INTC) Pentium® 4 processor
based server motherboard. Cavium's NITROX is a family of single-chip security
processing solutions with performance from 100Mbps up to 4Gbps with 1K to 40K
RSA operations per second of IPsec or SSL protocol processing. ABIT's SI-1Ns
motherboard will be used in 1-U rack mount appliances for a wide variety of
security appliances, such as VPN gateways, Integrated Firewall/ VPNs, SSL
Webservers, SSL VPNs, Content Load Balancers etc.
"ABIT has been a pioneer in bringing new functionality to the motherboard. We
strongly believe that security will become a standard feature in server
motherboards for PC based security appliances", said Edwin Lin, President of
ABIT Computer Corporation. "We choose Cavium's NITROX Processor as our server
platform security processor because of its unmatched flexibility, performance
and price."
ABIT's SI-1Ns server motherboard has one Pentium® 4 processor, two integrated
fast Ethernet controllers, graphics, onboard security processor and other
standard PC peripherals. The ABIT SI-1Ns server motherboard has complete open
source application level software support for VPN gateways and SSL Webservers.
The ABIT SI-1Ns has Cavium's NITROX Lite CN1005 processor integrated on the
motherboard that can process up to 400Mbps of IPsec traffic or 3,500 RSA
operations per second. Cavium's NITROX processor family can switch between IPsec,
SSL processing or do both with a simple software change.
"The integration of Cavium's NITROX Security Macro Processor on motherboards
will bring affordable high performance security to the mass market", said Syed
Ali, President and CEO of Cavium Networks. "We partnered with ABIT to introduce
a wide range of world class secure server platforms targeting the exploding VPN
and secure e-commerce applications."
With high performance Pentium ® processors from Intel ® (NASDAQ: INTC) and
Opteron ® processors from AMD ® (NASDAQ: AMD), the use of standard server
motherboard platforms as network security appliances is widely accepted by OEMs.
By replacing current custom hardware designs with mass-market server platforms,
security appliance OEMs plan to reduce their product cost while increasing
product performance and flexibility.
"Bringing security to the motherboard is an exciting move by ABIT and Cavium to
drive wide spread deployment of security" said Linley Gwennap, principal analyst
of The Linley Group. "This announcement comes as little surprise, as Cavium's
NITROX products offer excellent performance for both SSL and IPSec applications
across a broad range of price points."
ABIT's product plans include multi-processor server motherboards with multiple
Gigabit Ethernet controllers and Cavium's NITROX CN1120 processor. The NITROX
CN1120 can process up to 1Gbps of IPsec traffic or 14,000 RSA operations per
second. Off-the-shelf server motherboards with integrated Gigabit security will
enable vendors to drastically reduce their existing hardware cost.
"With the demand of cost effective and ubiquitous security on the rise,
integrating security on motherboards and server motherboards for security
appliance hardware platforms is a popular trend," said Eric Mantion, senior
analyst with In-Stat/MDR. "Today's announcement marks the beginning of a
fundamental shift in how security appliances are built."
Pricing and Availability:
The SI-1Ns is available today from ABIT Corporation. For more information about
pricing and buying the SI-1Ns contact ABIT directly via email at: server_sales@abit.com.tw
About ABIT
ABIT Computer Corporation designs, and sells a complete family of award-winning
motherboards and multimedia products that support industry-leading technology
and provide leading quality and performance for system integration of computer
components supporting a broad range of PC applications, such as for e-commerce,
e-business, entertainment and education. Corporate headquarters are located in
Taiwan. For more information visit the Company's web site at
http://www.abit.com.tw
About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a semiconductor company focused on developing and
manufacturing high performance security processing solutions that will enable
the new Internet security infrastructure. Cavium's highly integrated,
feature-rich NITROX families of Security Macro Processors deliver unprecedented
performance in SSL based secure e-Business and IPsec based network security
applications while significantly reducing the cost and complexity of deployment.
Cavium Networks is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara,
CA with an IC design center in Marlboro, MA. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cavium.com
© Copyright Cavium Networks, Inc. 2002. Product photos, datasheets and
application notes are available upon request. NITROX™ is a trademark of Cavium
Networks, Inc. Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
AMD and Opteron are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro
Devices Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other
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