The Cisco ASR 1000 series uses the powerful Cisco QuantumFlow processor, which provides a huge leap in performance and resiliency for network processors.The Cisco ASR 1000 series provides a significant enhanced value compared to prior generations of Cisco midrange routing solutions by providing more than tenfold performance improvement with services running. The Cisco ASR 1000 series delivers multiple services embedded in the Cisco QuantumFlow processor at wire speeds of up to 20Gbps.