Linux-ready networking SoCs scale to 40 cores
Incorporating up to 40 multi-threaded programmable networking cores running at 1.0GHz or 1.4GHz, the NFP SoCs deliver over 56 billion instructions per second, with 320 hardware threads, enabling 1800 instructions per packet at 30 million packets per second, claims Netronome. As a result, the NFP allows for 20Gbps of L2-L7 deep packet processing with line-rate security and I/O virtualization, says the company. The SoCs are said to consume only 15 to 35 Watts.
