On 5/24/11 3:25 PM, Ingo Flaschberger wrote:
I won't argue that an ASIC isn't faster, but it is hard to argue that Vyatta isn't capable of high-end performance.
http://download.intel.com/embedded/processor/solutionbrief/322973.pdf
aeh - mpps - mega packets per second - is really low. and the gbps scale in figure 4 is wrong - factor 10 to high.
1gige linerate: 1,9mpps 10gige linerate: 19mpps
and intel is proud to achieve 1,6mpps at 2 10gige cards? I have seen higher values at pc hardware - but still not compareable to asics.
Intel is capable of more. See slide 29 from this presentation at IDF 2011 in Beijing. "New System Approach to Network Platform Architecture" Yang Tao & Fu Lizheng https://intel.wingateweb.com/bj11/scheduler/downloadFileCounting.do?sesfid=6DD9DF1ECE719E98767AD5F48E55C119&abb=7638E050E5ED339FE5FB858DB2C16FE9&fn=3649EFF0820DCB079BC4C8A0B1A45ECFDA3BEED134DD5284300AD0E9EA5C516A