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Podcast: Chaos Computer Club - recent audio-only feed
Episode: 200 GbE network processing with 100 W - or "can I *make* a chip for that?" (denog17)
Description: This talk presents how to to offload networking tasks onto dedicated hardware/smartNICs/NPUs (network processing units) - chips, and why this is a great idea.
First, we take a look at chips in general - how they are made, integrated into networks, and why time is playing to the advantage of dedicated chips vs. CPUs/software.
Then, focus is on how offloading network tasks is a particularly beautiful example of the advantages of hardware-implementing logic, with examples like TCP offloading, cybersecurity applications, or traffic shaping.
To be fair and balanced, there will also be a look at the downsides...