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China’s Largest Security and Firewall Vendor, TOPSEC Ltd., Selects RMI’s Multi-
Core Multi-Threaded XLR Processor for Next-Generation Security Appliances
Raza Microelectronics, Inc.’s XLR Processor Family of cost-effective, high-performance, pincompatible
processors enables multiple applications with a single board design
CUPERTINO, CA - AUGUST 28, 2007 – TOPSEC Ltd., the market share leader for Network
Security Enterprise Systems in China, today announced that it has selected Raza
Microelectronics, Inc.® (RMI®), a worldwide leader in advanced semiconductor solutions for
Communications, Networking and Consumer Applications, to provide multi-core, multi-threaded
XLR Processor™ Family as the processor of choice for TOPSEC’s next generation of security
appliances.
According to the 2006-2007 Report on China’s Network Security Market by CCID Consulting, a
professional market research firm, TOPSEC’s market share for security and firewall products
ranks it first among all of the security manufacturers in China. TOPSEC Ltd. security products
include the NetGuard™ series of Firewall, Filter Gateway, IDS, VPN, anti-virus, auditing, and
content-filter solutions. TOPSEC Ltd. established the interworking, comprehensive and
manageable TOPSEC security solution integrated with various products, and central
management and central auditing, to assure the high security of the clients' network from
boundary to desktop and from local area to wide area networks.
The selection of RMI’s XLR Processor validates the leadership position XLR™ maintains in both
the Chinese market and the security appliance market and further indicates the need for the high-performance,
high-throughput delivered by XLR. RMI’s XLR Processor™ Family provides the
power of its innovative, multiprocessing, multithreaded architecture based on the simplicity of a
leading edge, general purpose MIPS64™ processor enabling wire speed, software-driven
applications across multiple platforms.
"As the leader in the security appliance arena, we wanted to make sure that our processor
partner is a technology leader and the XLR Processor from RMI fulfills that requirement for our
next-generation products,” said Mr. Yabiao Wu, chief systems architect at TOPSEC Ltd., “The
XLR Processor is an impressive device, and the programming ease that we have encountered,
coupled with the high performance and the security functions, will allow us to strengthen our
product portfolio and will enable us to continue our leadership position.”
“We are excited to work with TOPSEC Ltd. and the selection of the XLR Processor pushes our
penetration into the security market even further,” said Lance L. Smith, vice president and general
manager, Scalable Processor Solutions, at RMI. "The uniqueness of the XLR Processor Family gives TOPSEC Ltd. the scalable performance that it requires, and our pin-compatible solutions
enable it to leverage the XLR across a variety of applications and products.”
The XLR Processor Family is a cost-effective, single-chip solution providing a key building block
for next-generation, scalable multi-service systems. XLR is offered as a complete family of pincompatible
processors spanning performance and bandwidth to enable multiple applications with
a single board design.
About TOPSEC Ltd.
As the leader in Chinese network security industry, Beijing TOPSEC is the largest domestic
integrated provider of information security products and services. While focusing on
conglomeration and internationalization, TOPSEC aspires to become a most competitive
international enterprise in the field of information security. More information about TOPSEC can
be found on the company’s website at http://www.topsec.com.cn
About Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI)
Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI®) is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly integrated, feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions to High-Performance Processors for the Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. RMI offers the most advanced and the most complete MIPS-Based® processing solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary offices in Texas, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company’s website at http://www.RazaMicro.com.
Media Contact - RMI
D. Christopher Keil
Sr. Director, Marketing
Raza Microelectronics, Inc.
408-434-5700
ckeil@razamicro.com
© Copyright 2007 Raza Microelectronics, Inc. All rights reserved. Raza Microelectronics, RMI, the RMI logo, XLR, XLS, Au1200, Alchemy Processor, Orion, and the other trademarks named on the RMI website are trademarks of Raza Microelectronics, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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