In 2013, Juniper introduced new line cards for the MX series and a new switch fabric module, intended to upgrade the MX series' for higher bandwidth needs and for software defined networking applications. New "Virtual Chassis" features allowed network operators to manage multiple boxes as though they were a single router or switch.
Juniper also released a video caching system for the MX family and a suite of software applications that include parental control, firewall and traffic monitoring. In October 2012, Juniper introduced the MX20 3D Universal Edge Routers, with throughputs of 80 Tbps and 40 Tbps respectively. According to Network World, it allowed MX 3D products to serve as a mobile "gateway, an authentication and management control plan for 2G/3G and LTE mobile packet cores and as a policy manager for subscriber management systems." A collection of features called MobileNext was introduced in 2011 at Mobile World Congress, then discontinued in August 2013. In May 2011 Juniper introduced several new products including the MX5, MX10 and MX40 3D routers, which have a throughput of 20, 40 and 60 Gbps respectively and can each be upgraded to an MX80. In 2011 new switch fabric cards increased the capacity of MX 3D routers. IPv6 features were added and the MX80, a smaller 80Gbps router, was introduced the following year. It provides a cross between network processing units and ASICs. Trio is a proprietary semiconductor technology with custom network instructions. In 2009 a new line of MX "3D" products were introduced, using Juniper's programmable Trio chipset.
They had a throughput of 240 Gbps and 480 Gbps respectively. In late 2006, Juniper introduced the MX240 and MX480, which are smaller versions of the 960. The first product release of the MX series was the MX960, a 14-slot, 480 Gbps switch and router. It was part of a trend at-the-time to incorporate additional software features in routers and switches. The MX Series was late to market, but it was well-received by analysts and customers. Before its release, Ethernet aggregation was a missing component of Juniper's edge network products, which was causing it to lose market-share to Alcatel. On October 18th, 2006, the MX Series was publicly announced.