Juniper Networks introduces New Silicon

Juniper Networks has announced a new generation of silicon that will enable customers to quickly, efficiently and non-disruptively upgrade existing T Series Core Routers, the most widely deployed core router in the world, to a full duplex slot capacity of 250 Gbps without service interruption. The new chipset lays the foundation for a total capacity of 4 Tbps in a single, half-rack system, ensuring that customers can continue to scale the T Series in line with rapidly accelerating service, subscriber and bandwidth growth.

The unique ability to scale the T Series while in service represents a key component of Juniper’s overall commitment to investment protection, continuous systems availability and operational continuity. With Unified In-Service Software Upgrades, customers can upgrade Junos Software from one version to the next with minimal risk of service interruption. 

“The T Series is a highly valued part of our core network delivering IPv4 and IPv6 routed services, in large part because of Juniper’s long-term product strategy and vision, which protects our investments in network infrastructure,” said Erik-Jan Bos, CTO at SURFnet, a subsidiary of the SURF organization, in which Dutch universities, universities for applied sciences and research centres collaborate nationally and internationally on innovative ICT facilities. “This new silicon is an excellent example of Juniper’s commitment to investment protection. Just as we were able to upgrade T640s to T1600s, Juniper is again making it possible to extend the lifecycle of our core routers with a non-disruptive upgrade path that ensures the scalability to meet the continuous growth of traffic in our IP routed core. That is why we are also excited about true line-rate 100GE router-router trials on the SURFnet network.”

Exceeding 5,500 systems shipped worldwide to date, Juniper’s T Series is the only core router in the industry capable of supporting true line-rate 100 GE interfaces. Built in 45-nanometer technology, the chipset yields total router throughput surpassing 4 Tbps, far exceeding the performance and scale of off-the-shelf silicon. The chipset includes advanced diagnostic capabilities, auto detection and self-healing and also incorporates significant power efficiency features to enable more environmentally conscious data center and service provider networks.