BCM5841

Description

The Broadcom BCM5841 is a follow-up to the BCM5840, the world's first single-chip Gigabit security processor. Offering increased performance, additional functionality and more flexible interfaces, the BCM5841 is the most versatile, highest performance IPsec processor in the world. The BCM5841 is software and mode compatible to the BCM5840, while protecting the software investment of Broadcom's current BCM5840 customers.

The BCM5841 is flexible enough to span multiple applications and address a variety of throughput requirements, the BCM5841 is available in four different versions. The various versions of the BCM5841 are a 600 Mbps, 1.2 Gbps, 2.4 Gbps and 4.8 Gbps version. Such versatility allows customers to address an entire product line's security requirements with a common security solution in a cost effective manner.