Agoura Hills, CA, February 11, 2002 - Internet Machines Corporation developer of the IMpower™ family of network processing, traffic management, and switching semiconductors for 10 Gbps Ethernet and OC-192c optical equipment, today announced the availability of version 2.1 of its Development Workbench software development kit (SDK). The Development Workbench is Internet Machines' full-featured, easy-to-use development environment, which is used to program the company's 10 Gbps NPE10 network processor. The newly released version 2.1 has the following enhanced features:

	" Clock cycle-accurate simulator of Internet Machines' NPE10 10 Gbps/OC-192c network processing engine, which enables developers to begin forwarding code development in parallel with hardware system design
	" Integrated source debugger with a full view of assembly forwarding code instructions running in the massively parallel RISC cores, along with all register contents and status flags associated with any processor core
	" A packet tracker that tracks and measures each packet or frame as it is being processed through each module of the NPE10 architecture, providing code developers with an effective tool to optimize their forwarding code
	" Performance analyzer for a dynamic view of overall system performance while simulation is in progress. Users can stress the simulator with different traffic patterns to isolate system bottlenecks.
	" Pre-coded application code samples, including IPv4, MPLS, DiffSrv, and GbE
	" Includes GNU toolset and API for fast path and control plane software development

The Workbench presents the developer with a user-friendly single-threaded programming interface to the NPE10, which greatly simplifies and accelerates development time. Programmers can use familiar tools and are not required to learn new languages or tools.

"With the first version of the Development Workbench in April 2001, we delivered a world class development kit that provided our customers with a set of tools that allowed them to begin evaluating our NPE10 network processor," said Aloke Gupta, Internet Machines' vice president of marketing. "With version 2.1, we have enhanced many of the earlier features, and incorporated new features and functions that our customers have deemed important to their applications."

"The availability of a robust, full-featured SDK is clearly a benefit to systems vendors evaluating a network processor," said Bob Merritt, research analyst at Semico Research. "The inclusion of a clock cycle-accurate simulator, along with the additional debugging and timing analysis tools, sets a new standard in terms of what vendors should expect for a network processor toolset."

Version 2.1 of the Development Workbench is now available. A demo can be requested by calling 1.866.IMC.CHIP (1.866.462.2447) or by emailing [email protected].

About Internet Machines
Internet Machines is an award-winning fabless semiconductor company offering the IMpower™ family of highly integrated communications ICs for OC-192c and 10 Gbps optical, metro area network and Internet infrastructure equipment. The protocol independent IMpower family consists of the NPE10 network processing engine, the TMC10 traffic management co-processor, the SE200 switch element, and the Development Workbench software development kit. This powerful lineup of wire-speed, fully programmable semiconductors and easy-to-use software simplifies development and greatly shortens the system vendor's time to market. The ICs work together or individually to deliver a highly flexible, interoperable, and field upgradeable solution. The company is headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, with design centers located in San Diego and Irvine, and sales and support offices in San Jose, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, and was named a 2001 Fabless Start-Up of the Year by the Fabless Semiconductor Association.