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PivotPoint Applications

The following is a sampling of applications that the PivotPoint SPI-4.2 switch products are adept at supporting, with application notes describing each application in more detail available in PDF format.

Harnessing Modularity in High-Speed Systems

Application Note (PDF, 51KB)
The PivotPoint family enables designers to build modularity into high-speed systems using off-the-shelf components.

 

Adding Flexibility to single-interface NPUs

Application Note (PDF, 51KB)
The PivotPoint family complements Intel's popular IXP28x0 network processors especially well, enabling the devices to operate in sophisticated full-duplex and multi-path applications that are beyond their original scope.

 

Efficient OC-48 Line Card Solution

Application Note
(PDF, 53KB)

The PivotPoint family provides an improvement in efficiency by interconnecting a new generation of higher-density and lower-cost components, and providing intelligent reconfiguration of the resources to match emerging market requirements.

 

High-Performance Layer 4-7 Services Card

Application Note (PDF, 53KB)
For shared layer 4-7 packet processing applications, the PivotPoint family adds unprecedented configuration flexibility while improving overall performance, and reducing the cost and complexity of the design.

 

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