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
Napatech
SmartNIC Offload for 5G User Plane Function
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pensando Systems
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.
The Linux Foundation
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.
Microsoft
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.
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.
"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
