Beyond SmartNICs: Towards a Fully Programmable Cloud: Invited Paper
| Autor: | Paolo Costa, Adrian M. Caulfield, Monia Ghobadi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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010302 applied physics
Computer science business.industry Ranging Cloud computing 02 engineering and technology Load balancing (computing) 01 natural sciences 020202 computer hardware & architecture Encapsulation (networking) Pipeline transport Embedded system 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Hardware acceleration Use case Field-programmable gate array business |
| Zdroj: | HPSR |
| Popis: | FPGA-based SmartNICs and programmable switches have been recently introduced to leverage hardware acceleration and custom pipelines inside the cloud infrastructure. These devices are capable of handling the per-packet processing needs at line rate, including load balancing, encapsulation, congestion management, and security. We argue, however, that the benefits provided by these new devices could extend beyond software-defined networking use cases and they prompt a shift towards a fully programmable cloud, which would enable hardware-software co-design across all layers, ranging from application to hardware and networks. In this paper, we focus on the potential of FPGA-based SmartNICs and programmable switches to realize this vision and illustrate some of the research challenges that need to be addressed to fully unleash its benefits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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