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Intel Takes Big Steps to Provide Open Access to Intel® Tofino™ P4-Programmable Switch ASIC

Sep 13, 2021 | P4 Admin

This P4 blog was contributed by Sunil Ahluwalia, Sr. Director, Product Management, Intel The launch of P4-programmable Ethernet switch ASICs revolutionized data center, telecommunications and enterprise networking. Now, P4-based switching is getting better with the opening of the Intel® Tofino™ Native Architecture (TNA) to the developer community. This blog post…

Using P4 and Programmable Switches to Implement a 4G/5G UPF in Aether

Sep 7, 2021 | P4 Admin

The Aether platform brings together multiple ONF projects to create a solution for private 4G/5G mobile connectivity. The User Plane Function (UPF) is a fundamental piece of the mobile core network architecture. It is a specialized router that handles all user-generated traffic to and from the radio base stations. In…

Community Member Profile: Noa Zilberman

Jul 14, 2021 | P4 Admin

In this community member profile, we would like to introduce Noa Zilberman, an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, based in Oxford, United Kingdom. She is an active contributor in the Open Networking Foundation P4 Community and the recent recipient of the P4…

2021 P4 Workshop Wrap up Blog

Jun 7, 2021 | P4 Admin

The annual 2021 P4 Workshop took place May 17 - 20, 2021, and attracted over 1300 attendees over the three days of live keynotes! The keynote sessions were recorded and are now available on-demand, along with 25 topic-specific technical talks, demos and tutorials. You can view all of the on-demand…

Announcing 2021 P4 Workshop Novel Use Award Winners

Jun 7, 2021 | P4 Admin

This year two new awards were introduced at the P4 Workshop to encourage creative and disruptive use cases for P4. Awardees were determined based on a combination of community vote and program committee selection. Congratulations to this year’s winners who will each receive $500! Most Novel Application of P4 in…