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Re:P4: Open-Source Programming Language for Protocol-Indepen... by doctorsher on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:39PM (#27613701)
I would expect to see Intel pushing P4 heavily over the next year. P4 will almost certainly be involved in the roadmap for their recently released IPU (a SmartNIC needs some type of programmable substrate). Also, their data platforms group had been recruiting heavily around the Barefoot Networks / P4 angle. AND, just this morning, Pat Gelsinger announced the data platforms group is being split into two groups —- one of which (the Network and Edge group) to be headed by Nick McKeown, former chairman and cofounder of Barefoot Networks, as senior vice president [0].

[0] https://www.lightreading.com/5g/intels-reorg-puts-nick-mckeo...

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Re:P4: Open-Source Programming Language for Protocol-Indepen... by rektide on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:30PM (#27622707)
Quick quote[1] on what a SmartNIC is:

> The Silicom FPGA SmartNIC N5010 features an Intel Stratix 10 DX FPGA with integrated high bandwidth memory (HBM) and Intel Ethernet 800 series adapter.

4x100G. Double slot.

There's also a C5000X platform, with I believe only one board out right now, which is again an FPGA based add-on card, 2x25G, and also has an on-card Xeon-D processor.

Just a little reminder here at the end, AMD is still trying to get it's acquisition of the biggest FPGA company on the planet Xilinx to go through. And my general assessment of P4: P4 definitely is a strong contender for a tech which can get these fancy awesome transciever-heavy FPGAs to see more adoption.

[1] https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/intel-announced-two-new...

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Re:P4: Open-Source Programming Language for Protocol-Indepen... by kingosticks on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:28AM (#27614836)
Are these the jobs based in Israel?
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Re:P4: Open-Source Programming Language for Protocol-Indepen... by doctorsher on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:47AM (#27618386)
Primarily based out of Santa Clara, California. All of the Santa Clara roles on this page [0] are in the Barefoot Switching Division (BXD) of the Data Platforms Group. It makes sense given the Barefoot Networks headquarters were in Santa Clara.

[0] https://jobs.intel.com/page/show/US-Connectivity-Jobs

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