Home networking applications are rapidly evolving from generation to generation spurred by deployments of technologies such as Fiber to the Home (FTTH) as an example. Service providers are offering new revenue generating services and having a flexible, software rich and powerful platform to deliver these services is a key requirement. As a result, home networking platforms are rapidly evolving from a simple broadband router to complex residential gateways that integrates services such as voice, video, security and now smart home support.
Home Networking platforms are rapidly integrating features from generation to generation. Energy conscious service providers are specifying increasingly stringent power consumption requirements for these platforms. As a result ARM® processors are being specified in these platforms to enable the delivery of integrated features while reducing the power footprint. In addition, ARM's rich software ecosystem allows service providers to rapidly deploy new features on a variety of platforms. ARM ARM11MP and Cortex-A9 have become the defacto standard in this application space because of the flexibility and performance headroom that their multi-core architecture provides for the integration of new features.
