The APP300 access network processor

This article consists of a collection of slides from the author's conference presentation on Agere's APP300 Access Network Processor. Some of the specific topics discussed include: targeted markets for the processor line; data communications capabilities of the APP300 processor; the company approach to marketing the product line; APP300 block diagram; unified memory architecture; classifier and policing engines, features versus benefits; traffic management capabilities; scheduling hierarchies; and processing subsystems.