MMC Networks, MontaVista bring Linux to network processor-based routers

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Author: JT Smith

From LinuxPR: MMC Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Micro Circuits
Corp. and MontaVista Software have announced a
joint public demonstration of the industry’s first high-speed Internet Protocol router reference design based completely on off-the-shelf network
processing hardware and open-source Linux-based software. This joint
reference design signals a significant advance for the networking industry,
allowing a completely new generation of networking and communications
equipment vendors to bring products to market more rapidly than ever.