Modern networking requires agility, programmability, and cost efficiency. While enterprise-grade routers from Cisco, Juniper, and others are highly capable, they come with significant costs and proprietary limitations. Enter Free Range Routing (FRR) — an open-source IP routing protocol suite that allows you to turn a standard Linux machine into...

1. RDMA – Remote Direct Memory Access Definition: Enables direct memory access from one system to another over the network, bypassing the CPU for ultra-low latency. Use in AI: Used in multi-node training for fast parameter exchange. Products: NVIDIA BlueField DPUs, ConnectX NICs, DGX systems, AMD Pensando DPUs, Intel Mount Evans IPU,...

NVIDIA’s Data Processing Units (DPUs) have become fundamental components in building secure, efficient, and high-performance data center infrastructure. The BlueField series has evolved significantly from BlueField-2 to BlueField-3, enhancing nearly every aspect of compute, memory, networking, and programmability. This article provides a comprehensive comparison between BlueField-2 and BlueField-3, exploring architectural...

In the era of AI-driven workloads, cloud-native applications, and massive-scale data centers, traditional networking components are no longer sufficient. Legacy Network Interface Cards (NICs), once responsible for basic packet movement, struggle to keep up with the complexities of modern infrastructure demands. To solve this challenge, a new generation of...