Lenovo (News - Alert) Security Technologies selected NetLogic Microsystems’ XLR and XLS families of multi-core, multi-threaded processors for the company’s KingGuard Security Gateway (News - Alert) product family.

 

Officials with Lenovo Security said that the company’s KingGuard family of security gateways is highly scalable to deliver performance ranging from 1 Gbps to 20 Gbps, and is targeted at protecting mission-critical telecommunications, enterprise, financial and university networks from the growing threats of web attacks and vulnerabilities.

 

Company officials said that the KingGuard 9000 and 8000 series of products utilize NetLogic Microsystems’ (News - Alert) XLR732 multi-core, multi-threaded processors, while the KingGuard 5000 platform utilizes the XLS416 processor.

 

NetLogic officials claimed that standardizing on the company’s best-in-class multi-core processors across the entire KingGuard security gateway family has enabled Lenovo Security to develop and deliver a scalable family of products across multiple performance and price points on a common hardware and software architecture.

 

“We view NetLogic Microsystems as a very important long-term strategic technology partner of Lenovo Security,” Keqian Liu, president and CEO of Lenovo Security Technologies, said in a statement.

 

Liu said that the company has been very impressed with the performance of NetLogic Microsystems’ multi-core and multi-threaded processors, which have provided the company with the superior performance and compelling feature-set advantages for the award-winning KingGuard security gateways.

 

“We are very pleased to have Lenovo Security standardizing the entire KingGuard family of high-performance security appliances on our XLR and XLS multi-core, multi-threaded processors,” Sunny Siu, president and general manager of Asia-Pacific operations at NetLogic Microsystems, said.

 

Siu said that the company’s market-leading XLR and XLS multi-core processor families uniquely deliver the best-in-class performance, functionality and low-power profile required for high-performance, scalable and highly sophisticated security appliances such as Lenovo’s KingGuard family.

 

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. is a major player in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions that are powering next-generation Internet networks.