Aug 21, 2023
New P4 Education Working Group Co-Chair
We are pleased to announce that Muhammad Shahbaz, Purdue University, has taken on the role of co-chair of the P4 Education Working Group. Muhammad Shahbaz is a Kevin C. and Suzanne L. Kahn New Frontiers Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Purdue University. His research focuses on designing and developing…
Aug 11, 2023
Building a Rack-Scale Computer with P4 at the Core
During a recent P4.org open source developer days Ryan Goodfellow was invited to give a talk and demo about an independently developed open source P4 compiler built by a team at Oxide Computer Company. This blog is an overview of his presentation. ========================== Background A rack scale computer is hardware…
Jul 14, 2023
New P4 API Working Group Co-Chair
We are pleased to announce that Chris Sommers, Keysight Technologies, was nominated in April 2023 to co-chair of the P4 API Working Group. Chris Sommers has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Distinguished Software Engineer at Keysight Technologies, where he incubates new technologies and products related to network…
Jun 28, 2023
New P4 Language Working Group Co-Chair
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan DiLorenzo, Google, has accepted the role of P4 Language Design Working Group Co-Chair. He has been an active contributor in the P4 community since 2021. Check out this recent community member profile to learn more about Jonathan. We would also like to thank outgoing…
Jun 5, 2023
P4 Language Design Working Group Releases P4 Language Specification v1.2.4
Authors: P4 Language Design Working Group Co-Chairs - Nate Foster & Mihai Budiu The P4 Language Design Working Group is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2.4 of the P4 Language Specification. The new specification document is available in HTML and PDF form on the specifications page on the…
