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Re: Barefoot "Tofino": 6.4 Tbps whitebox switch silicon?
From: Ca By <cb.list6 () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:31:41 -0700
On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> wrote:
a lot of PR fluff, but this may be of interest: http://www.wired.com/2016/06/barefoot-networks-new-chips-will-transform-tech-industry/ https://barefootnetworks.com/media/white_papers/Barefoot-Worlds-Fastest-Most-Programmable-Networks.pdf Based on their investors, could have interesting results for much lower cost 100GbE whitebox switches.
Where is the price tag? Why would you think it is inexpensive? I do think p4 is very interesting, but is it really much different from openflow? Which...umm ... Did not succeed in the market.
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