SAN JOSE, CA – Cisco has unveiled a powerful new carrier routing system that triples the capacity of its predecessor, and sets the foundation for the next-generation of the Internet.
The new Cisco CRS-3 was designed to accommodate the exploding growth of transmission, mobile devices and new on-line services, and can handle up to 322 Terabits per second. To put that in perspective, that kind of capacity makes it possible for every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; or, every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.
“If we don’t provide this type of foundation for the future of the Internet, we actually become the constricting factor on its ability to grow”, said Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers, in a webcast on Thursday morning.
With more than 12 times the traffic capacity of its nearest competing system, Cisco says that its CRS-3 will accelerate “the delivery of compelling new experiences for consumers, new revenue opportunities for service providers, and new ways to collaborate in the workplace”.
The growth of mobile and video applications is creating new multidirectional traffic patterns with the increasing emergence of the data center cloud, Cisco said. In addition to tripling the capacity of its predecessor, the CRS-1, the CRS-3 will also enable unified service delivery of Internet and cloud services with service intelligence spanning service provider Internet protocol next-generation networks (IP NGNs) and data centers.
AT&T recently tested the CRS-3 in the world’s first field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology over its live network between New Orleans and Miami.
Pricing starts at $90,000 U.S., and Cisco said that the CRS-3 will most likely be available by the third quarter of this year.
