The DPU is not an entirely novel concept: the architecture evolved from the Smart Network Interface Controller (SmartNIC) that began to appear in servers several years ago. Rather than attempting to ...

Cisco on Friday announced the nPower X1, a purpose-built network processing unit (NPU) for software-defined networks (SDN) and for the future network known as the Internet of Things (or Internet ...

CPU performance certainly has a role to play in network throughput. Especially at the high end (gigabit), it is possible to saturate a CPU with network traffic.

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VeriSilicon’s Vivante NPU is a high-performance computer vision and AI processor with scalable, programmable and low-power architecture. VeriSilicon’s Neural Network Processor IP Embedded in ...

Implementation of 4×4 Crossbar Switch for Network Processor. ... Its main purpose is to increase the performance, and flexibility for environments with multiprocessors and computer clusters.