= SmartNIC
{c}
{title2=DPU}
A <network interface controller> that does more than just the base <OSI model> protocols, notably in a programmable way.
* https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/05/11/intel-unrolls-dpu-roadmap-with-a-two-year-cadence/
* https://www.trentonsystems.com/blog/what-is-a-smartnic
* https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/10/29/what-is-a-smartnic/ "Some are using <FPGAs> which promise flexibility"
* https://www.servethehome.com/intel-ipu-exotic-answer-to-industry-dpu/ "Intel IPU is an Exotic Answer to the Industry DPU"
* 2022 https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amd-to-buy-smartnic-firm-pensando-for-19-billion/ "<AMD> to buy <SmartNIC> firm Pensando for \$1.9 billion"
\Q[
<Nvidia> gets Mellanox, <AMD> gets Pensando.
The company, which develops programmable packet processors, includes Goldman Sachs, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud among its customers.
Its processors and SmartNIC offering competes with AWS Nitro, Intel's DPU, and Nvidia's BlueField.
]
* https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/14/alibaba_dpu_cloud/ mentions that <Alibaba Cloud> created their own.
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwroXmFJJf0]
{title=<Hyperscalers> Lead The Way To The Future With <SmartNICs> by The Next Platform (2019)}
{description=
* https://youtu.be/kwroXmFJJf0?t=599 <financial industry> is one of the users, notably <high-frequency trading>
Associated article: https://www.nextplatform.com/2019/10/31/hypercalers-lead-the-way-to-the-future-with-smartnics/ mentions that:
\Q[Google is widely believed to be working on its own design.]
}