Multi-Core MIPS64 Processors
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OCTEON CN38XX/CN36XX 4 to 16-Core MIPS64 Based SoCs
Product Brief
The OCTEON
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CN38XX and CN36XX family of Multi-core MIPS64 processors targets intelligent networking,
control plane, storage, and wireless applications in next-generation equipment from 1Gbps to 10Gbps performance.
The family includes 15 di erent software-compatible parts, with four to sixteen cnMIPS64 cores on a single chip
that integrate next-generation networking I/Os along with the most advanced security and application hardware
acceleration to deliver a 3x – 5x performance, power and real-estate value proposition over alternatives.
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OVERVIEW
FEATURES
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Custom CPU Cores Optimized for Networking
BENEFITS
Market Leading Performance
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Up to 19.2 billion instructions per second
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Up to 10Gbps application performance
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Up to 20Mpps 64B IP forwarding
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Up to 10+Gbps for TCP, IPsec, SSL
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Up to 4Gbps for Regular Expression,
Compression/Decompression
4-16 cnMIPS™ CPU cores (MIPS64/32 compatible) with MMU
Available in 400 MHz to 600 MHz versions
Enhanced MIPS64 integer (Release 2) instruction set
Dual-issue, ve-stage pipeline, optimized latencies
Auto instruction pre-fetching and advanced data
pre-fetching features to minimize memory stalls
High Performance Coherent Memory Subsystem
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1MB ECC protected 8-way set associative L2 cache with
locking, partitioning features for optimal performance
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Integrated mainstream 128/144-bit DDR2 memory
controller with ECC, up to DDR2-800
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Optional, additional, low-latency 2x18-bit or 4x9-bit
RLDRAM2 for content based processing, meta-data
and TCAM connectivity
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Packet I/O processing, QoS, TCP acceleration
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Support for IPsec, SSL, SRTP, WLAN security (includes
DES, 3DES, AES up to 256-bit, SHA1, SHA-2 up to
SHA-512, RSA, DH)
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Regular expression, compression/decompression
Sophisticated Hardware Based QoS Support
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Queuing, scheduling
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Very low latency for real-time tra c
Reduced BOM cost with essential interfaces for
standalone routers/appliances, line-card and
Services-card Applications
Flexible Architecture allows Host and Co-processor
Implementations
Industry-Standard Programming Model without any need
for Proprietary Tools or Micro-coding
Fully Software Compatible with OCTEON CN31XX and
CN30XX to deliver 1- 16 CPU scalability
3x – 5x Advantage over Alternative System Architectures in
Performance and Power for L4-L7 Data and Security
Services
Integrated Coprocessors for Application Acceleration
Integrated High-Performance Networking Interfaces
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Up to 2 sets of I/Os - each con gurable as 4x10/100/1000
Ethernet MACs (RGMII) or SPI-4.2
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Integrated 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X host or slave
Comprehensive Development Environment with Linux,
VxWorks and C/C++ support
Optimized power consumption: 14W – 30W
Package: 1521 FCBGA
OCTEON
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CN38XX
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2315 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95131
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408-943-7100
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408-577-1992
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sales@cavium.com
www.cavium.com
Multi-Core MIPS64 Processors
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OCTEON CN38XX/CN36XX 4 to 16-Core MIPS64 Based SoCs
Product Brief
OCTEON -Based System Block Diagrams
OCTEON as 1Gbps to 4Gbps
Single-chip Network Appliance
OCTEON as 10Gbps Line Card
or Services Blade
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Optional
TCAM
Optional
RLDRAM
Up to 4xGEs
or
SPI-4.2
SPI-4.2
System
Memory
System
Memory
OCTEON CN38XX/CN36XX APPLICATIONS
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Next generation integrated, standalone routers and
appliances
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Uni ed Threat Management (UTM) appliances with
Firewall, VPN (IPsec, SSL), IDS, IPS and Anti-virus
scanning
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Application aware/L4+ content processing and
switching
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Network acceleration cards for security, TCP,
content processing, compression
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Integrated management and route processor cards
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Switch/router line card and services card control
and datapath processing
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TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, compression processing for
storage applications
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Wireless LAN switch/appliance security and packet
processing
OCTEON SOFTWARE SUPPORT
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Cavium SDK includes:
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Up to 16-way SMP LINUX support
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Cavium Simple Executive for data plane applications
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Complete GNU tool-chain, GDB, DDD and viewzilla
for tuning
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Optimized C libraries for security, regular expression,
de/compression processing o oad
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Support for run-to-completion or pipelined software
models
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Complete production quality development toolkits for IP,
IPsec, SSL, TCP, SSL-VPN available
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Comprehensive ecosystem support
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Popular third-party Operating systems and toolchains,
including MontaVista Linux, WindRiver VxWorks,
ENEA OSE
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Broad range of third-party application software vendors,
including 6Wind, Intoto and D2 Technologies
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MIPS64/32 support enables thousands of MIPS and other
C/C++ applications to be easily ported to OCTEON
OCTEON CN38XX and CN36XX - Product Family
Performance
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Device
Part Number
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cnMIPS
cores
Max. Available
Instructions
Per Second
Option
N
S
P
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
E
X
P
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
S
C
P
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
L2 Cache
Interfaces
PCI/
PCI-X
Memory IO
w/ECC
DFA
Package
Memory IO
w/ECC
CN3630
CN3830
CN3840
CN3850
CN3860
CN3630-XXXBG1521- Option Code
CN3830-XXXBG1521- Option Code
CN3840-XXXBG1521- Option Code
CN3850-XXXBG1521- Option Code
CN3860-XXXBG1521- Option Code
4
4
8
12
16
4.8G
4.8G
9.6G
14.4G
19.2G
512KB
1MB
1MB
1MB
1MB
4x RGMII or
SPI-4.2
2x
[4x RGMII or
1x SPI-4.2]
64-bit/
133 MHz
64-bit/
133 MHz
DDR II - 72-bit
DDR II - 72-bit
or
DDR II - 144-bit
2x 18-bit
RLDRAM2
(optional)
1521 pins
2315 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95131
T
408-943-7100
F
408-577-1992
E
sales@cavium.com
www.cavium.com
* (Part Number Options):
XXX = Device Speed Grade (400 = 400 MHz, 500 = 500 MHz, 550 = 550 MHz, 600 = 600 MHz)
Option Code = Device Family Listed Below:
NSP = Network Services Processor: Includes, encryption, reg-ex acceleration, decompression, networking, TCP acceleration and QoS
EXP = Extreme Processor: Includes reg-ex acceleration, decompression, networking, TCP acceleration and QoS
SCP = Secure Communications Processor: Includes, encryption, networking, TCP acceleration and Qos
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