Marvell Questflo TX1100
Family of High Performance, High Capacity Network Search Engines
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Marvell® Questflo™ 98TX1100 family of network search co-processors or network search engines (NSE) deliver the industry’s
fastest performance and highest capacity, while using a fraction of the power of existing solutions today. Designed to address the
needs of next generation networking equipment to collectively support the explosive growth of mobile devices, Internet of Things
(IoT), and automotive connectivity, Marvell’s new Questflo product line marks a technology breakthrough that will help carriers
and service providers introduce, manage and rapidly scale new revenue-generating services while offering enhanced security and
quality of the network.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
SYSTEM DIAGRAM
I2CMDIO
Armada®
CPU
SRAM
Block
SRAM
Block
Alaska®
PHY
Xelerated®
NPU
Deterministic Search Engines
Key Generation Unit (KGU)
Dual-Port
Interlaken-LA
24 x 12.5G TX SERDES
24 x 12.5G RX SERDES
Questflo™
NSE
Cascade
Interface
24 x 12.5G TX SERDES
24 x 12.5G RX SERDES
Fig 1. TX1100 Block Diagram
Alaska®
PHY
Prestera®
Switch
Fig 2. Marvell Solution Architecture
Prestera®
Fabric
Interconnect
Marvell Questflo TX1100
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
KEY FEATURES
BENEFITS
•• Scalable up to 8 million flow entries
•• Supports the explosive growth of mobile devices, Internet of
Things (IoT) and automotive connectivity
•• Flexible table configurations and multi-width searches
•• Simultaneous multi-purpose application use on a single device
•• Advanced automatic table and resource management
•• Maximum efficiency and utilization without the need for user
intervention or knowledge
•• 2.4 billion decisions per second
•• High performance scaling from 1Gbps up to 400Gbps services on
a single device
•• Deterministic throughput of 1 clock cycle per search from 80b up
to 640b keys
•• Guaranteed line rate performance regardless of application
•• Deterministic fixed low latency for searches from 80b up to 640b
keys
•• Guaranteed line rate performance regardless of application
•• Multi-port configuration for device and resource sharing
•• Maximize resource sharing for cost-effective platforms
•• Carrier-grade reliability with ECC memory protection
•• Can be used in a variety of enterprise, data center and service
provider platforms
•• Typical power consumption of 25W
•• Lowest power solution to help offset high-powered packet
processors, FPGAs, and ASICs
TARGET APPLICATIONS
The Marvell® Questflo™ TX1100 family of network search engines are high performance, high capacity, low power devices used for the
design of carrier and enterprise service/edge routers, security appliances, network probes, data center switches, servers, loadbalancers and new classes of Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platforms.
The following are some target application examples:
•
Classification of IPv4/IPv6 packets
•
Access control list
•
Flow-based ACL
•
QoS and policy-based routing
•
Netflow applications
•
LPM for IPv4/IPv6 forwarding
•
Storage sector indexing
THE MARVELL ADVANTAGE: Marvell chipsets come with complete reference designs which include board layout designs,
software, manufacturing diagnostic tools, documentation, and other items to assist customers with product evaluation and
production. Marvell’s worldwide field application engineers collaborate closely with end customers to develop and deliver
new leading-edge products for quick time-to-market. Marvell utilizes world-leading semiconductor foundry and packaging
services to reliably deliver high-volume and low-cost total solutions.
ABOUT MARVELL: Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions and Kinoma® software
enabling the “Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle.” From mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud
infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery, Marvell’s diverse product portfolio aligns complete
platform designs with industry-leading performance, security, reliability and efficiency. At the core of the world’s most
powerful consumer, network and enterprise systems, Marvell empowers partners and their customers to always stand at the
forefront of innovation, performance and mass appeal. By providing people around the world with mobility and ease of
access to services adding value to their social, private and work lives, Marvell is committed to enhancing the human
experience. As used herein, the term “Marvell” refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries.
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
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