StepNP: A system-level exploration platform for network processors

PG Paulin, C Pilkington… - IEEE Design & Test of …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
PG Paulin, C Pilkington, E Bensoudane
IEEE Design & Test of Computers, 2002ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fast-changing communications market requires high-performance yet flexible network-
processing platforms. StepNP is an exploratory network processor simulation environment
for exploring applications, multiprocessor network-processing architectures, and SoC tools.
Supporting model interaction, instrumentation, and analysis, the platform lets R&D teams
easily add new processors, coprocessors, and interconnects.
The fast-changing communications market requires high-performance yet flexible network-processing platforms. StepNP is an exploratory network processor simulation environment for exploring applications, multiprocessor network-processing architectures, and SoC tools. Supporting model interaction, instrumentation, and analysis, the platform lets R&D teams easily add new processors, coprocessors, and interconnects.
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