Why Barefoot Networks Decided SDN Needs a New Chip
To evangelize the P4 language, Barefoot wanted some hardware.
News - Silicon
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Midokura Sticks to Its Roots in Raising a $20M Series B
New investor Simplex is part of the round. -
Broadcom Rival Innovium Raised $50M
Surprise backer: Qualcomm. -
Corsa Technology Uses SDN to Traffic-Slice the WAN
The metro network ain't no data center. -
Innovium Settles Broadcom Suit & Raises $15M
Avago's acquisition of Broadcom may have sped things along. -
Robin Systems & DH2i Cultivate Containers for the Enterprise
Startups think the enterprise can get a jolt from containers. -
HPE's Composable Plans Include Orchestration & Persistent Memory
HPE considers persistent memory to be a step in the direction of composable memory. -
CloudRouter Achieves 650 Gb/s & Expands Into SDN
It used a Mellanox NIC for the throughput. -
Arista Builds a 'Universal Spine' for Hyperscale Clouds
Because sometimes, leaf and spine are not enough. -
Intel Pushes FPGAs & Silicon Photonics at OCP Summit
Intel takes the stage to talk Altera and optics. -
Cisco Acquiring Leaba, Probably to Build More Router ASICs
Leaba's founders could be the main attraction. -
Napatech Tries an FPGA Approach to NFV Performance
The NIC vendor is trying something new with its NFV work-in-progress. -
Martin Casado's Replacement Is Broadcom's Former Trident Exec
VMware's newest exec has been running a dominant white-box franchise. -
The Case for ARM in the Data Center
ARM's 64-bit push is underway, but will the data center be interested? -
LinkedIn Built Its 'Pigeon' Switch to Peer Into Networking Chips
A buffer overflow problem prompted LinkedIn to build its own switch. -
Top 10 M&A Deals in 2015
Spoiler alert: Dell/EMC is at the top. -
Former Cisco Exec Takes the Wheel at an Electric Car Startup
Padmasree Warrior’s new job will pit her against Telsa Motors and other electric vehicle manufacturers. -
OpenFlow's Possible Successor P4, Gets Into Hardware
Netronome, Xilinx, and others are playing with the 'OpenFlow 2.0' language. -
It Ain't Easy Buying EZchip, Mellanox Finds
Raging Capital's raging has partially paid off. -
Cavium & Pica8 Combine ASIC & Network Operating System
Cavium’s ASIC chip and Pica8’s software could grab some market share from Broadcom. -
Mellanox Joins the Open Compute Party
Nothing against Broadcom, but it's nice that the OCP has other options. -
At Sigcomm, Google Gives a Tour of Its Home-Grown Network
The SDN-like innards of Google's data center network get a closer look. -
ARM Counters Intel With an IoT Party of Its Own
ARM wants to lend a hand to IoT. -
Intel Developer Forum Gets Overrun by IoT
Intel makes its play for IoT ubiquity.