Nov 13, 2020
The Need for Standardization in a Thriving Network Ecosystem
Editor Note: This post was originally written by Mario Baldi and Vipin Jain for Pensando’s website. With permission, we are re-publishing it here, as they nicely articulate the need for SmartNIC standardization. Introduction Open standards are an essential component in thriving technology ecosystems. They benefit users, vendors, and third parties developing…
Oct 29, 2020
How P4 Benefits the Router for Academia, Research, and Education (RARE) Project
Editor Note: In this interview, Frédéric Loui discusses how P4 is being used in the GÉANT RARE Project. Introduction The Router for Academia, Research and Education (RARE) project aims to create a full featured router running on open, commodity networking hardware. RARE is being developed under the auspices of GÉANT, which…
Oct 15, 2020
Brebner Appointed as P4 Architecture Working Group Co-Chair
I’m delighted to announce that Gordon Brebner (Xilinx) has agreed to lead the P4 Architecture Working Group, joining Andy Fingerhut (Intel) as co-chair. Working group co-chairs are appointed by the P4 Chief Architect and typically serve a 3-year term. Gordon has been a leading figure in the P4 community for…
Oct 6, 2020
P4 TST Elections
Please join me in congratulating the newly elected members of the P4 TST for 2020 - 2021: Andy Fingerhut, Stefan Heule and Robert Soule! All three have been involved with technical work on P4 for several years, and we are delighted that they have agreed to serve the community in a leadership role. They…
Jun 11, 2020
Community Member Profile – Andy Fingerhut
In this community member profile, we would like to introduce Andy Fingerhut, Principal Engineer at Intel. Andy is an active contributor in the Open Networking Foundation’s P4 community. He currently lives and works in San Jose, California, and will soon be moving to the Research Triangle Park area of North…
