Nokia surprisingly unveils its latest routing silicon
The FP5 is surprisingly one better than the FP4, which in this case means greater power efficiency and new, built-in security.
September 21, 2021
The FP5 is surprisingly one better than the FP4, which in this case means greater power efficiency and new, built-in security.
When Nokia unveiled the FP4 platform four years ago it did so amid great fanfare, positioning its in-house silicon as a major advantage over its rivals. In the intervening time Nokia has made some major strategic miscalculations on the chip front, albeit largely concerning 5G, so this latest launch has been much more muted.
Nonetheless a claimed 75% reduction in power consumption seems like an achievement worth crowing about. On top of that there’s ANYsec flow-based encryption capability integrated directly into the chipset, which apparently supports the delivery of secure IP services on-demand and at scale without impacting performance or power efficiency.
According to an interview in Light Reading, the power consumption reduction is partly a product of more a advanced semiconductor manufacturing process and partly incorporating more stuff on a single piece of silicon, thus reducing the need for interconnects. BT has long been a fan of Nokia routing silicon and is in at the start of this latest effort.