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Amazon also do similar with their ENA [0]. James Hamilton talked about it in 2016 [1]. [0] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/06/introducing-elast
by douglasfshearer 8y ago
Amazon also do similar with their ENA [0]. James Hamilton talked about it in 2016 [1].
[0] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/06/introducing-elastic-network-adapter-ena-the-next-generation-network-interface-for-ec2-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/06/introduci...
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyOAjFNPAbA&t=1820 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyOAjFNPAbA&t=1820
- bogomipz 8y agoThe youtube link at the 35:00 mark says that the networking is an custom ASIC not an FPGA. "Amazon Annapurna ASIC" is what the slide says. Are the ENA instances using something else?
- douglasfshearer 8y agoFirst gen ENA (never publicly acknowledged AFAIK) was an FPGA, second gen is an ASIC.