2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report
The 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report aims to educate and update executives and technologists at CSPs and enterprises on developments in network acceleration that involve SmartNICs, DPUs/IPUs, FPGAs, and related trending technologies.
Sponsor Spotlight
Juniper Networks
Do customers want to program their SmartNICs?
In this video, Mike Bushong, Group Vice President, Cloud-Ready Data Center at Juniper Networks, looks at the bifurcation between the hyperscalers and the rest of the market around programmable SmartNICs and the challenges that need to be solved. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Can SONiC become the Linux of Network Operating Systems?
In this video, David Maltz, Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Azure Networking, details the features and benefits of SONiC, an open source network operating system based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Optimizing the utilization of servers is important to carriers as they look to maximize the ROI for their network infrastructure. In this video, Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, discusses the business benefits of offloading the 5G user plane function (UPF) to dedicated accelerators like SmartNICs and details Napatech’s UPF offload solution. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
A new Systems-level Architecture is Redefining the Data Center
Are SmartNICs about offloading applications to specialized DPUs? Or is there a bigger systems-level play? Hear from Soni Jiandani, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Pensando Systems, on why this question was a critical factor in AMD's $1.9 billion acquisition of Pensando. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Disaggregation across the Network Stack is Here to Stay
In this video, Arpit Joshipura, GM/SVP Networking + Edge/IOT at The Linux Foundation, looks at the role disaggregation plays across the network stack and the importance of a network operating system that is independent of hardware. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Across these interviews, infrastructure acceleration is reframed as a systems-level shift rather than simple offload. Speakers weigh SmartNICs and DPUs, data-plane offload, and the disaggregation of hardware from a hardware-independent network operating system, while debating how programmable these devices should be.
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A systems-level shift, not just offload
Pensando's Soni Jiandani argues SmartNICs are a bigger systems-level play beyond offloading apps to DPUs, a question central to AMD's $1.9 billion acquisition of Pensando.
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Offloading the data plane
Napatech's Charlie Ashton details offloading the 5G user plane function to dedicated accelerators like SmartNICs, helping carriers optimize servers and maximize infrastructure ROI.
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Disaggregation and open NOS
The Linux Foundation's Arpit Joshipura champions disaggregation across the network stack, while Microsoft's David Maltz details SONiC, an open-source Linux-based NOS running on multiple vendors' switches and ASICs.
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Programmability divides the market
Juniper's Mike Bushong examines the bifurcation between hyperscalers and the rest of the market around programmable SmartNICs and the challenges that must be solved.
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Where SmartNICs came from
Netronome's Niel Viljoen traces the SmartNIC concept back to networking company FORE Systems and, subsequently, to the founding of Netronome.
Juniper's Mike Bushong examines the bifurcation between hyperscalers and the rest of the market on programmable SmartNICs.
He highlights the challenges that must be solved for broader adoption.
Abstract
In this video, Mike Bushong, Group Vice President, Cloud-Ready Data Center at Juniper Networks, looks at the bifurcation between the hyperscalers and the rest of the market around programmable SmartNICs and the challenges that need to be solved. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Microsoft
Can SONiC become the Linux of Network Operating Systems?
Microsoft's David Maltz details SONiC, an open-source Linux-based network operating system.
SONiC runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs.
Abstract
In this video, David Maltz, Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President at Azure Networking, details the features and benefits of SONiC, an open source network operating system based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Napatech
SmartNIC Offload for 5G User Plane Function
Napatech's Charlie Ashton discusses offloading the 5G user plane function to accelerators like SmartNICs.
Optimizing server utilization helps carriers maximize ROI on network infrastructure.
Abstract
Optimizing the utilization of servers is important to carriers as they look to maximize the ROI for their network infrastructure. In this video, Charlie Ashton, Senior Director of Business Development at Napatech, discusses the business benefits of offloading the 5G user plane function (UPF) to dedicated accelerators like SmartNICs and details Napatech’s UPF offload solution. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
Netronome
Netronome's Niel Viljoen traces the SmartNIC concept back to networking company FORE Systems and the founding of Netronome.
Abstract
Where did the concept of SmartNICs originate?
Pensando Systems
A new Systems-level Architecture is Redefining the Data Center
Pensando's Soni Jiandani frames SmartNICs as a systems-level play beyond offloading applications to DPUs.
This question was a critical factor in AMD's $1.9 billion acquisition of Pensando.
Abstract
Are SmartNICs about offloading applications to specialized DPUs? Or is there a bigger systems-level play? Hear from Soni Jiandani, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Pensando Systems, on why this question was a critical factor in AMD's $1.9 billion acquisition of Pensando. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
The Linux Foundation
Disaggregation across the Network Stack is Here to Stay
The Linux Foundation's Arpit Joshipura examines disaggregation across the network stack.
He stresses the importance of a network operating system independent of hardware.
Abstract
In this video, Arpit Joshipura, GM/SVP Networking + Edge/IOT at The Linux Foundation, looks at the role disaggregation plays across the network stack and the importance of a network operating system that is independent of hardware. Download AvidThink's 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report to explore developments in network acceleration.
"With the recent news that AMD will acquire Pensando Systems, a high-profile infrastructure acceleration startup, for $1.9B, the broader market has awoken to the importance of acceleration hardware and software." - 2022 SmartNICs and Infrastructure Acceleration Report
