Hardware and software providers establish multi-core alliance

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An alliance has been launched in a bid to drive innovations in multi-core parallel processing platforms and software development for next generation enterprise, telecom and data centre networks.

The eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance was announced by NetLogic Microsystems and is supported by a broad base of hardware and software providers. According to NetLogic, the alliance will serve as the foundation upon which OEMs can develop high performance networking equipment using high level multi-core processors. Behrooz Abdi, executive vice president and general manager at NetLogic, said: "The eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance brings together the very best platform and software providers who provide a wide portfolio of solutions and who are leaders in their respective areas of expertise. The Alliance provides a foundation upon which developers can innovate to create new, breakthrough solutions that can take full advantage of the superior performance and functionality of multi-core processors. We are pleased to see the strong support of the alliance from other industry leaders, and we welcome other multi-core processor vendors to be part of this alliance to collaboratively drive innovations for next-generation platforms." Multi-core hardware and software providers which have announced participation in the initiative include NetLogic, Mentor Graphics, Nexcom International, Advantech and Kaspersky Labs.