CAMBRIDGE, UK: ARM announced that Netronome, a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor products that provide intelligent and secure flow processing for virtualized servers and network equipment, has licensed the ARM11 MPCore multicore processor and a portfolio of ARM Physical IP for incorporation into its NFP-32xx family of Network Flow Processors.

Netronome's network flow processors (NFPs) incorporate a high-performance, parallel processing architecture to enable wire-speed processing of complex Layer 2-7 algorithms, security processing, deep packet inspection and filtering, traffic management and forwarding applications.

By integrating capabilities that have typically required multiple specialized processors, Netronome NFPs provide a cost-effective, low power platform for a broad range of emerging applications requiring high-performance packet and content processing with robust security features, including switching and routing, network security, broadband access, test and measurement and wireless markets.

The NFP-32xx family of devices extends the performance and application reach of the family of Intel IXP28xx products licensed by Netronome in November 2007, while preserving the software compatibility with existing IXP28xx devices.