6WIND is the number one supplier of high-performance packet processing software for networking and telecom systems. Two-thirds of the world’s largest telecom equipment suppliers use our 6WINDGate™ software to maximize the packet processing performance of their products.

Our multicore software allows you to focus your design efforts on your own value-added software components, while 6WINDGate implements the low-level data plane functions to maximize the performance of your system. With full support for industry-leading multicore processors from Cavium, Freescale, Intel and NetLogic, we have a packet processing solution optimized for the hardware platform that you select.

The 6WINDGate packet processing framework accelerates your existing Linux networking stack while preserving standard Linux APIs. You can easily reuse your existing middleware and application software.

6WINDGate comprises three key elements: Fast Path, Networking Stack and Control Plane.