Editing XScale (section)

===IXP network processor===
[[File:Intel IXP425 SoC.jpg|thumb|Intel XScale IXP425 SoC in ceramic package]]
The XScale core is utilized in the second generation of Intel's IXP network processor line, while the first generation used StrongARM cores. The IXP network processor family ranges from solutions aimed at small/medium office network applications, IXP4XX, to high performance network processors such as the IXP2850, capable of sustaining up to [[OC-192]] line rates. In IXP4XX devices the XScale core is used as both a control and data plane processor, providing both system control and data processing. The task of the XScale in the IXP2XXX devices is typically to provide control plane functionality only, with data processing performed by the [[Microfabrication|microengines]], examples of such control plane tasks include routing table updates, microengine control, and memory management.