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Modern network ASICs are highly-programmable devices. So you can implement a lot of magic on the same hardware as competitors. It's really not one way or the
by mcpherrinm 8y ago
Modern network ASICs are highly-programmable devices. So you can implement a lot of magic on the same hardware as competitors.
It's really not one way or the other, but the software and hardware working together that's important.
[disclaimer: I am a former Arista employee. I did some of the "light" Fedora modifications.]
- SEJeff 8y agoDid I get it wrong? One thing we found interesting is that we could run unmodified software directly on the switches so long as we built it for the AMD Athlons running on them.