I am looking for a processor/controller to be used in an embedded system that offers the following:
- low costs (if possible < 30 $ @ 10k)
- stable and well-supported platform
- PCI integrated (33MHz/32bit, no PCI-X, maybe PCIe could be interesting if it is already available as integrated peripheral)
- Gigabit LAN integrated (option: could be done via PCI with special IC, but then it has to be included in the costs)
- support of linux (preferrably "standard" linux)
- at least 300MHz CPU clock, better more for performance reasons (may depend on actual architecture)
Nice to have, but not crucial:
- USB 2.0 integrated (option: could be done via PCI with special IC, but then it has to be included in the costs)
- hardware accelerated encryption
- hardware accelerated network operations, e.g. for TCP/IP etc.
On first view the Intel network processors looked interesting, but they offer only 100Mb LAN (and most of them exceed the price limit anyway...).
Any hints where to look are appreciated.
Matthias