Xilinx and Calsoft Labs to Jointly Present High Performance NFV Solution at the 2014 Carrier Network Virtualization Event

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced it will present, together with Calsoft Labs, a high performance Network Function Virtualization (NFV) solution at the 2014 Carrier Network Virtualization Event. The joint presentation will highlight the performance of Calsoft Labs' Cloud VPN Gateway and Virtual CPE frameworks by leveraging Xilinx FPGA offload capabilities, enabling rapid acceleration of NFV applications. To learn more, visit the Calsoft Labs stand, December 10-11, 2014 at the Carrier Network Virtualization event in Palo Alto, California.

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The presentation will also address challenges faced by telecom operators looking to reduce CAPEX and OPEX in NFV applications while leveraging COTS hardware and accelerating development and deployment of new, revenue generating services. Furthermore, it will highlight FPGA-based capabilities that enable rapid acceleration of NFV applications by offloading CPU intensive tasks such as packet classification and crypto functions to the onboard FPGA. This solution enables savings of up to 60% in CPU cycles and a 2.5X increase in NFV throughput without additional server hardware.

About Calsoft Labs

Calsoft Labs is a wholly owned subsidiary of the €1.2 billion ALTEN Group. Calsoft Labs offers technology consulting, product engineering and systems integration services globally to equipment manufacturers (OEMs/ODMs), telecom operators and independent software vendors (ISVs). Calsoft Labs operates state-of-the-art product design and development centers at Bangalore, Chennai and Mysore in India, with sales & support offices worldwide including North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.calsoftlabs.com.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the world's leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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