The FWA-1204 incorporates Intel’s System-on-Chip which combines Intel’s QuickAssist Technology and integrates an Intel Pentium M class core, memory controller and I/O controller. The high-performance CPU core supplies the horse power needed to perform deep packet inspection and other complex operations and is particularly optimized for entry level to mid-range network security appliances.Security applications can run existing x86 software applications because of backward code compatibility with earlier Intel processors. Most network security platforms already run on Intel x86 processors and can run existing software applications on Intel EP80579 integrated processor because it is backward compatible with earlier Intel processors. Typical appliance workloads which require IP-SEC encryption, acceleration and compression of content can offload processing on to the QuickAssist Integrated Accelerator which increases the effective data throughput and performance and reduces the overall power consumption of a given application.The FWA-1204 features a low-power design, and supports up to 2 GB DDR2 on one single-channel SODIMM. It provides a total of four GbE LANs, three of which are from the on-chip MACs and the fourth from a PCIe-based Intel 82574 Ethernet controller. The on-chip MACs are routed to 3 Marvell PHY devices. The system supports one 2.5” SATA HDD and CompactFlash for OS and/or Internet security applications. The system is fully FCC, CE and RoHS compliant.