FirstStar Networks Inc. provides advanced design services for network processor based devices. The services, geared toward custom and/or complex projects large and small, include development of high speed platforms, subsystems, functional units, and reference systems.

A combination of hardware with board layout and the related software characterize each particular project. Hardware designs typically range from SONET, FR, Ethernet, voice, packet, through switch fabric, routing engines, classification, high density DSP farms, to PCI, StarCore, PMC, and InfiniBand.

FirstStar Networks specializes in designs based on Motorola/C-port components and related software models. Software plays an important role in all advanced designs. The software development are typically in the area of routing, bridging, custom communication protocols, traffic engineering/shaping, IP, VOP, and media.

Applications range from communication system, packet/voice/media gateways, to InfiniBand based media concentrators.