Motorola Inc. continued its drive to fill out its communications portfolio last week when it snapped up C-Port Corp., a Massachusetts-based maker of innovative programmable network processors. Sale price is estimated at approximately $430 million.
C-Port caught Motorola's attention because of its programmable processor -- which company officials claim is a first in high-speed Internet switching and routing. It could prove a popular product among network operators looking to keep up with service innovations -- and therefore a lucrative item for Motorola.
Up until now, processors running big-ticket networks have been Application Specific Integrated Circuits -- …
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