Myth-busting DPDK in 2020
Revealed: the past, present, and future of the most popular data plane development kit in the world.
This report and collection of videos, produced by AvidThink and Converge! Network Digest, was commissioned by the Linux Foundation. It outlines the critical role played by DPDK in the evolution of networking infrastructure, while dispelling a number of myths and misconceptions about the technology.Courtesy of our sponsors!
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Highlights from industry thought leaders
Video interviews
Myth #10: DPDK is code complete
Wang Yong, Hardware Engineer at ZTE, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #9: DPDK is just for hardware
Edwin Verplanke, Solution Architect at Intel, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #8: DPDK is a closed community
Harini Ramakrishnan, Program Manager II at Microsoft, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #7: SmartNICS will kill DPDK
Georgii Tkachuk, Performance Engineer at Intel, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #6: Intel controls DPDK
Honnappa Nagarahalli, Principal Software Engineer at Arm, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #5: DPDK is only for telcos
Yasufumi Ogawa, Research Engineer at NTT Service System Lab, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #4: DPDK is not green
Jingjing Wu, Software Engineer at Intel, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #3: DPDK is Linux
Jill Lovato, Senior Manager, Communications at the Linux Foundation, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #2: DPDK is not for containers
Muthurajan Jayakumar “M Jay,” Technical Marketing Engineer at Intel, joins Jim St. Leger.
Myth #1: DPDK is software dataplane only
Trishan de Lanerolle, Technical Program Manager at the Linux Foundation, joins Thomas Monjalon, Engineer at Mellanox (NVIDIA).