NEXCOM Joins eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance to Drive Leadership Network Computing Technologies for Multi-Core Processors

NEXCOM International Co., Ltd, world leader in the provision of network and communications solutions today announced that it has become a member of the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance, a premier industry organization founded to drive best-in-class innovations in multi-core parallel processing platforms and software development. Supported by a broad base of world-class hardware and software providers, the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance serves as the foundation upon which original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can more effectively and more efficiently develop high-performance networking equipment using industry-leading multi-core processors. 

"NEXCOM is excited about launch of the Alliance and the benefit it will bring to the multi-core development community," said Clement Lin, president at NEXCOM. "NEXCOM will be able to benefit from the full support from the Alliance eco-system and service the customers which will build their products base on NEXCOM DNA1500/DNA1501."

DNA1500 and DNA1501 feature NetLogic Microsystems' XLS® multi-core, multi-threaded processors and are designed for advanced security applications, such as Firewall, Virtual Private Network(VPN), Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems(IPS) for the SMB market.

"NEXCOM is a leading hardware provider for network security appliances, and we welcome NEXCOM as a valuable member of the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance,"said Behrooz Abdi, executive vice president and general manager at NetLogic Microsystems, a founding member of the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance. "By having a community of technology innovators who are respective leaders in their areas of expertise, the Alliance creates a platform on which these developers can innovate to create new, breakthrough applications and solutions that can take full advantage of the superior performance and functionality of multi-core processors."

As a founding member of the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance, NetLogic Microsystems (NASDAQ: NETL) is committed to an open programming model for its family of market-leading multi-core, multi-threaded processors to allow the tighter coupling between networking software and the XLR®, XLS® and XLP™ multi-core processors. This enables significant improvements in the application development efficiency of software code and overall system performance. In addition, this enables the development of new enhanced services and applications for next-generation Internet networks that are highly optimized for multi-core, multi-threaded processors.

For more information about the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance, please visit www.eNsembleAlliance.org

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eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance

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Email: apantelis@eNsembleAlliance.org

About NEXCOM
NEXCOM International Co. LTD., an ISO-9001-certified company and a member of PICMG, PCI-SIG, and Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance, is at the forefront of the competition by offering OEM, ODM and OBM designs for products such as innovative blade servers; network security appliances; industrial and embedded PC products such as single board computers, embedded boards and systems; CompactPCI CPU boards; industrial-grade server boards; and customized platforms. Established in 1992, NEXCOM has since won a lot of patents, awards, certifications for its high-quality products and service that meet international standards and worldwide customers' requirements. To serve its worldwide customers well, NEXCOM, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, set up 7 subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, China, and Japan as well as distributors in the other parts of the world.
  

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Network and Communication Solutions
Andrew Huang
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Email: andrewhuang@nexcom.com.tw