Optimized for data center network interface card (NIC), MPPA2®256 core processor delivers >3,000 instructions per packet at 80 GbE full duplex line rate. This fully programmable MPPA® Bostan-N processor, derived from second generation MPPA massively parallel manycore architecture, delivers such benefits for data center NIC as 256 C/C++ fully programmable cores, 2 x 40 GbE/8x 10 GbE line rate performance, and minimized power consumption.