The basic model for processing packets and routing them from one hardware system to
another can be extended to describe virtual packet transmission from one module to another …

Programmable packet processing is increasingly implemented using kernel bypass
techniques, where a userspace application takes complete control of the networking …

The history of the Internet is one of rapid change and adaptability. The simple IP service
model and the informal standardization process have fostered rapid evolution of systems …

A prototype platform has been developed that allows processing of packets at the edge of a
multi-gigabit-per-second network switch. This system, the Field Programmable Port Extender …

The Configuration Toolkit (CTK) is a library for constructing configurable object based
abstractions that are part of multiprocessor programs or operating systems. The library is …

This paper presents the dynamic hardware plugins (DHP) architecture for implementing
multiple networking applications in hardware at programmable routers. By enabling multiple …

Internet routers and firewalls can be enhanced by packetprocessing functions implemented
in reconfigurable hardware. Through the development of the the Field Programma-ble Port …

Victor V256 is a partitionable message-passing multiprocessor with 256 processors,
designed and in use at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Our goals are to …

It is a common belief that using a virtual machine for portable executions of data-plane
packet-processing applications would introduce too many penalties in terms of performance …

Data-plane programmability is now mainstream. As we find more use cases, deployments
need to be able to run multiple packet-processing modules in a single device. These are …