San Francisco, United States, Thursday, - Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI(R)), a leading supplier of processors for communications and consumer applications, has announced the XLS Processor Family, a mid range to entry level, price optimized family positioned below the XLR processor family. The XLS is a general purpose processor, with a high level of programmability, scalability, intelligent packet management and the ability to combine control plane, data plane and security operations into a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Processor.

Leveraging key technology from RMI’s flagship XLR processor, including its MIPS-based multi-core, multi-thread architecture, the XLS Processor provides the speed, scalability and innovation necessary for mid-range to entry-level applications while maintaining software compatibility throughout both product families. The XLS product family addresses applications where PCB real estate and power are a premium, as well as those requiring integrated network connectivity, security and compression acceleration options. The XLS product family consists of the 600 Series, 400 Series, 200 Series, and features unprecedented power and performance for embedded communication, telecom, enterprise wireless and wired-line LAN, and SMB networking.

The XLS Processor family accelerates packet oriented applications essential for security appliances, wireless access points and switches, ATCA and AMC service cards, secured wire-line routers and switches, and telecom media gateways, radio controllers and network signaling products.

“The XLS Processor exemplifies our technology leadership and exhibits the innovation and capability of our design team here at RMI. We believe that it is the right product with the right features for our most demanding customers,” said Lance Smith, vice president and general manager, Scalable Processor Solutions at RMI. “This entry level to mid-range offering gives our customers a feature rich, high performance yet cost optimized solution enabling them to further penetrate across diverse products and geographies which will in turn result in continued growth.”

RMI’s products push the edge of processor technology in performance and integration and are used by system and original equipment manufacturers to address the enterprise, consumer, and core network markets. The company’s SPS, Alchemy, and OrionTM processor families are highly-integrated designs incorporating advanced internal architectures and built on leading-edge silicon process technologies