Re: Barefoot "Tofino": 6.4 Tbps whitebox switch silicon?

[Ca By <cb.list6 () gmail com>]

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com> wrote:

> a lot of PR fluff, but this may be of interest:
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> http://www.wired.com/2016/06/barefoot-networks-new-chips-will-transform-tech-industry/
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> https://barefootnetworks.com/media/white_papers/Barefoot-Worlds-Fastest-Most-Programmable-Networks.pdf
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> Based on their investors, could have interesting results for much lower
> cost 100GbE whitebox switches.

Where is the price tag? Why would you think it is inexpensive?

I do think p4 is very interesting, but is it really much different from
openflow? Which...umm ... Did not succeed in the market.