Intel® IXP42X product line and IXC1100 control plane processors—Overview of Product Line

Intel® IXP42X Product Line of Network Processors and IXC1100 Control Plane Processor
DM September 2006

32 Order Number: 252480-006US

Figure 2. Intel® IXP423 Network Processor Block Diagram
B4285-02
UART
921Kbaud Timers
Interrupt
Controller
USB
Device
V1.1
GPIO
Controller
UART
921Kbaud PMU
(AHB)
Test Logic
Unit
66.66 MHz Advanced Peripheral Bus
Queue Status Bus

Ethernet

NPE B

Ethernet MAC

Ethernet

NPE A

Ethernet MAC

WAN/Voice NPE

UTOPIA
(Max 24 xDSL PHYs)
AAL, HSS, HDLC
UTOPIA-2
HSS-1
JTAG
32-Bit
16-Bit
16 GPIO
HSS-0
32-Bit
MII-0
MII-1
North/South
AHB Bridge
North AHB
Arbiter
133.32 MHz x 32 bits South Advance High-Performance Bus
South AHB
Arbiter
Queue
Manager
8 KB SRAM
SDRAM
Controller
8 - 256 MB

Intel XScale

Processor

266/533 MHz
32 KB Data Cache
32 KB Instruction Cache
2 KB Mini-Data Cache
PCI
Controller
Expansion
Bus
Controller
AHB/APB
Bridge
133.32 MHz x 32 bits North Advance High-Performance Bus