SONiC is an interesting initiative by MS that reduces the impact of vendor lock-in by abstracting out ASIC specifics: https://azure.github.io/SONiC/ https://azu

SONiC is an interesting initiative by MS that reduces the impact of vendor lock-in by abstracting out ASIC specifics: https://azure.github.io/SONiC/ https://azure.github.io/SONiC/ Even if you utilize every last cycle of CPU, the price/bps and energy/bit will still be way higher than almost any switching or routing ASIC on the market.