Juniper Networks, Inc. introduced a new 10 port, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Physical Interface Card (PIC) for its T1600 Series Core Router, which will enhance the value and flexibility of the T1600. The new 10x10GbE PIC will deliver the highest density of 10GbE interfaces on a core router, as well as unique Intelligent Oversubscription capabilities, enabling customers to reduce costs and increase efficiency. With the new 10x10GbE PIC and the previously announced 100GbE PIC, the T1600 will support multiple options for 100Gbps, providing customers with maximum choice and flexibility for large-scale core networks. High-capacity 100GbE interfaces and high-density 10GbE interfaces are increasingly required to leverage virtualization to consolidate network architectures, particularly as core routers are increasingly used to aggregate more edge and access network links. The high-density, oversubscribed Ethernet interfaces available on the new 10x10GbE PIC can be used to aggregate client-facing access interfaces, or to provide efficient connectivity in and between virtualized routers. This will increase the flexibility of the T1600 and will enable customers to use the router in more diverse deployment scenarios, and to more efficiently leverage virtualization to consolidate edge and core functionality. Support for both 100GbE interfaces and high-density, lower-speed interfaces on a single router will be able to dramatically improve power, space and management efficiency. The T1600 can support a total of sixteen 10x10GbE PICs per chassis, for a total of 160 10GbE interfaces in a half-rack--more than twice that of the closest competitor. As many as 80 of these interfaces can operate at line-rate speed, or the T1600 can be oversubscribed at a 2:1 ratio. General availability of the new 10x10GbE PIC is expected in the first quarter of 2010.

Juniper Networks announced that the European Advanced Network Test Center (EANTC) has completed a commissioned performance verification of its Juniper Networks(R) MX80 3D Universal Edge Router and new 16 port 10GbE aggregation line card. This validation demonstrates the ground-breaking performance of the company's 3D Scaling technology using the Junos Trio chipset. The Junos Trio chipset is the first member of the Junos One family of processors that represents advanced integration of silicon and software, establishing new boundaries for high-performance networking. EANTC tested the Junos Trio-based products and verified the MX Series 3D routers breakthrough density, throughput performance and service scale, as well as feature richness and power efficiency. Additionally, services scale displayed 6,000 active Layer 3 VPNs and 6,000 active VPLS instances, as well as a 25.34 watts per 10GbE and 3.38 watts per gigabit of throughput in full configuration. Junos Trio represents Juniper's fourth generation of purpose-built silicon, and is the industry's first 'network instruction set' a new silicon architecture unlike traditional application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and network processing units (NPUs). The new architecture leverages customized network instructions that are designed into silicon to maximize performance and functionality, while working closely with Junos software to ensure programmability of network resources. The chipset will be delivered in Juniper's new MX Series 3D routers, providing 'Universal Edge' routing for business, residential and mobile services at massive scale on a single network. Juniper's MX Series 3D products are available starting December 2009. The MX Series 3D 16-port 10GbE aggregation line card will be generally available to customers in December 2009, with additional MX Series 3D products coming throughout 2010.

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