The HyperScan library will now provide high-speed content inspection on a range of low-cost, low-power processors. These processers are used in networking and security products which are intended for the SMB and SOHO markets.
The HyperScan software has been optimized for CPU architectures like Intel (News 
- Alert) Atom, Broadcom MIPS and ARM. Equipment manufacturers will be able to build-out high-speed DPI in their low-end products using HyperScan software. These products include Wi-Fi routers, Firewalls, IPS/IDS, UTM appliances and other network access devices.
In a release, Jeff Wilson, Principal Security Analyst at Infonetics Research (News - Alert), said, "Today, security is necessary at all network levels, whether it's in the cloud or at home. The availability of Sensory's software for cost-sensitive low-end products is great news for equipment suppliers."
According to Sab Gosal, CEO for Sensory Networks, several of the company’s customers are using HyperScan for DPI in low-end and ultra low-end devices. With the low-end market segment becoming very cost sensitive, the price/performance requirements are also not met by equivalent hardware solutions.
Geoff Langdale, CTO of Sensory Networks, said, "HyperScan scales well to this class of device, delivering 400-500Mbps of scanning throughput per core, for a range of IPS and Anti-Virus use-cases, using a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 processor. Content inspection throughput improvements on resource challenged machines are only one part of our advantage."
According to Langdale, the compiled byte code size has also been aggressively reduced by the company. Pattern databases can be now serialized and cross-compiled across different architectures. The company’s DPI technology can be therefore used for devices with very low provisioning of memory, storage and CPU cycles.
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