Focussed research and continuous improvements in silicon technology have enabled high-performance switches and routers to keep pace with the growing rate of traffic on the Internet. A consequence of these improvements is that tremendous pressure is put on the design and validation of such communication systems. In addition to being cost-effective, scalable, and highly available, a new networking system also has to be on the market at the right time. This paper describes a multi-gigabit switch design methodology that has achieved manufacturing success from the first pass.
By: F. Abel
Published in: RZ3292 in 2000
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