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'''Content processors''' are sometimes confused with [[network processor]]s that inspect the [[packet (information technology)|packet]] payload of an [[Internet protocol suite|IP packet]] travelling through a [[computer network]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Network Content Processor |url=https://www.nxp.com/products/no-longer-manufactured/network-content-processor:SW5000 |publisher=NXP Semiconductors |access-date=2025-06-03 |quote="Unlike network processors, which examine data 'packet-by-packet', the SW5000 performs stream-based content processing."}}</ref>

These components allow for the design and deployment of next-generation networking systems that can make packet or message processing decisions based on an awareness of the packet or message content. The work of Content Processors is often termed [[Content Processing]] or [[Deep Packet Inspection]], DPI, though some people feel that the expression DPI is too limiting as many Content Processors can modify and re-write content on the fly - therefore they can do much more than just inspect which implies a sort of monitoring only function.

Unlike knowledge based processors or Ternary [[Content-addressable memory]] (TCAMS), which mainly target the packet header (twenty percent of the packet currently comprises the header), content processors go much further into the packet or message thereby determining the nature of the content in the packet itself (80% of the packet currently is data).

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==See also==

* [[Network processor]]

* [[Multi-core (computing)| Multi core Processor]]

* [[Knowledge-based processor]]

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.lsi.com/networking_home/networking_products/tarari_content_processors/index.html Tarari Content Processors]

[[Category:Networking hardware]]