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Intel
®
IXP45X and Intel
®
IXP46X Product Line of Network Processors—Functional Overview
Intel
®
IXP45X and Intel
®
IXP46X Product Line of Network Processors
Developer’s Manual
August 2006
44
Reference Number: 306262-004US
2.0
Functional Overview
The Intel
®
IXP45X and Intel
®
IXP46X Product Line of Network Processors are
compliant with the Intel
®
StrongARM
*
Version 5TE instruction-set architecture (ISA).
The IXP45X/IXP46X network processors are designed with Intel 0.18-µ semiconductor
process technology. This process technology — along with the compactness of the
Intel
®
StrongARM
*
RISC ISA, the ability to simultaneously process data with up to
three integrated network processing engines (NPEs), and numerous dedicated-function
peripheral interfaces — enables the IXP45X/IXP46X network processors to operate over
a wide range of low-cost networking applications with industry-leading performance.
As indicated in
,
, and
, the IXP45X/IXP46X network
processors combine many features with the Intel XScale
®
Processor to create a highly
integrated processor applicable to LAN/WAN-based networking applications in addition
to other embedded networking applications.
This section briefly describes the main features of the product. For details on feature
support listed by processor model, see the Intel
®
IXP45X and Intel
®
IXP46X Product
Line of Network Processors Datasheet.