(PR excerpt) — Arcturus Networks Inc. and Samsung Electronics today announced availability of a complete reference system for designers of Residential Gateways (RG), SOHO networks, Internet Attached Devices (IAD), and convergence equipment. The reference design, called the S3C2500-RGP, offers an end-to-end approach to RG product development including base hardware with extensible modules, royalty-free… Linux-based core operating system and optional firmware suites to enhance product functionality while expediting product designs and keeping development risk low.

Home networking equipment developers are increasingly driven to reduce platform costs in order to remain viable in a highly competitive market. However, current reference solutions are either based on proprietary and cost-prohibitive operating systems, expensive hardware devices or are limited in their depth of functionality and ease of customization. In contrast, this new platform is an entire development system which can serve as the base platform for entire product families, from entry-level routers and firewalls to Secure Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Voice over IP, and virtual office devices.

The platform is built on the Samsung ARM940 S3C2500 processor and is powered by the royalty-free uClinux operating system. It also includes: fast hardware accelerated encryption, USB device, multi-port Ethernet, high-speed serial, HDLC, and PCMCIA. Optional support is available for WiFi, WiFi/WAP, multi-port DSP-voice, and SmartCard VPN authentication, as well as firmware suites to enable security, telephony, and device management.

Samsung's S3C2500 32-bit RISC microcontroller is a cost-effective, high-performance microcontroller solution for Ethernet-based systems, such as RGs, SOHO routers, Internet gateway, and WLANs. A variety of communication-specific features are embedded into the S3C2500 including two Ethernet MACs, three HDLCs, two high speed UARTs, USB, and hardware DES/3DES accelerator.

 
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