Cortina delivers semiconductor solutions for distributing digital multimedia content in wired and wireless networks. Consumers are looking for a seamless, meshed network that delivers multiple digital multimedia data streams to devices in a heterogeneous network of PCs, HDTVs, set-top boxes, game consoles, digital video recorders, cameras, standard and VoIP phones, printers, and storage systems. Cortina's dual core network processors provide cost-effective, high performance, highly programmable traffic management that can deliver concurrent multiple content-rich data streams at high bandwidth and with a high quality of service. Cortina devices with incorporated advanced networking are designed to give a wide range of multimedia delivery equipment the optimum set of features in a low-power, highly integrated, and highly programmable package. Cortina devices are optimized for applications such as:

o Broadband routers and gateways

o Small and medium-sized business storage solutions, both network attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI based

o Networked audio/video appliances

o Imaging equipment such as networked projectors

o Video conferencing and phone equipment

o Multimedia network endpoint/appliances

o IP cameras

o Management for Control planes, IPCs, & etc 

Cortina’s Network Processor Products

The Cortina network processors are designed for high performance applications such as router gateways, wireless access points, network attached storage, IP Set Top Boxes, and triple-play capable customer-premise telecommunication equipment.Both Cortina CS351x and CS3316 product families have several versions that provide different sets of features and performance characteristics so system designers can select the best combination for a given application requirement. Both families are powered by ARM© processor cores, include Ethernet, storage, and PCI interfaces, USB, encryption/decryption engines, DDR memory controller, UARTs, and feature low power consumption. The Cortina CS351xfamily extends the capabilities of the Cortina CS3316family with a dual ARM processor core that is faster, has higher performance, additional storage, encryption/decryption, I/O features, and the addition of the hardware acceleration engine for hardware Network Address Translation (NAT), TCP/IP packet processing, and priority queues for high quality of service performance.

Cortina network processors are available in a range of low-cost packaging options, making them ideal for low-power, high-performance, high-volume networking, communications, and storage applications.