3. Barefoot FASTER 概要
Thank you for your interest in our technology! We would love to help you continue your
groundbreaking research in the field of networking. Here at Barefoot, we are proud that
we have busted the myth that “Performance” and “Programmability” cannot be
delivered together. Barefoot TofinoTM, our first Ethernet switch runs at 6.5Tb/s and is
fully P4-programmable. With Tofino you can try out new forwarding plane functions by
describing them in P4, compiling and running on Tofino. We like to say that if your P4
program fits on Tofino, it always runs at line-rate.
We are seeing tremendous interest across the research community for access to
Tofino-powered platforms and we wanted to do our part. As such, we set out to
facilitate a way for the large number, variety, and geographic distribution of research
organizations to gain access to these platforms and software in a scalable way.
Introducing the Barefoot Forum for Advanced Switching Technology Education and
Research Program (FASTER), a private, online, forum-based, non-commercial, self-
support portal created to provide a community in which the members can help support
each other. By actively sharing questions, knowledge and experience with each other,
members will help promote the advancement of the community.
https://www.barefootnetworks.com/faster/
Barefoot FASTER 概要
• Barefoot Tofino ASIC を利用する研究者のクローズドなコミュニティ
• Tofino ASIC 固有の技術情報へのアクセスを前提とした議論が可
能に(メンバーの共助、Barefootからのサポートは最小限)
• オンラインで申し込み&ライセンス・秘密保持契約にサイン
Intel/Barefoot から同時にアナウンスされた "Tofino™ ASIC 対応 data(P4) /
control plane Source Code の公開許可" とは異なります。Source Code の公開
は誰でも可能で、Barefoot FASTER™への参加や契約は不要です。
詳細は以下 "Barefoot Tofino™ ASIC 向けプログラムが公開可能に!" を参照
https://p4users.org/2020/06/05/barefoot-tofino-publishing-faster/
2020/06/08 Barefoot FASTER™ 日本語紹介