Cavium, Inc. together with XPliant, Inc. announced the release of CNX880xx line of Ethernet switch chips featuring the revolutionary XPliant Packet Architecture (patent pending) (“XPA”) – an industry ...

A team of RIT computer science researchers has created a new programmable switch that significantly reduces lookup time, helping to improve router performance by more than 100 percent. The team ...

Xelerated’s next-generation HX300 network-processor family integrates traffic management and fully programmable Ethernet switches. The Ethernet switches target fiber-access-aggregation switches, GPON ...

Cavium expanded its Xpliant programmable Ethernet switch family to include new products targeting the hybrid cloud environment. Cavium said the XP70 series can scale from 1 Tb/s to 1.8 Tb/s, and is ...

The switches are not only programmable, they're re-programmable, making them available for future use cases, using the same device. “We’re expanding our set of switches based on silicon from Barefoot ...

Given the fact that most IT organizations don’t physically upgrade their network switches for several years, one of the best ways to add new functionality is going to be via software upgrades. To make ...

In an IT world where more distributed applications than ever are sharing resources, the ability to prioritize what packets get processed when is rapidly becoming a critical requirement. To address ...

The company Barefoot Networks on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode to unveil the Tofino chip -- the world's fastest, first-ever fully programmable network switch. The company is effectively aiming to ...

Juniper Networks is readying a new programmable core switch to address software-defined networking in campuses and data centers. Sources say it is called the EX9200 and is based on the MX router. It ...

To help ring in the 2017 New Year, CNN wanted to do a live shot from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, but had an issue: “They were concerned about being out at sea, would they have the ability to ...