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I think I recall them making custom 10gbit Ethernet switch fabrics.
by jws 13y ago
I think I recall them making custom 10gbit Ethernet switch fabrics.
- kijiki 13y agoThey used merchant silicon in their custom switches. Modern switch ASICs are 2+ billion transistor devices with lots of fancy custom logic for SRAMs and TCAMs and analog magic for PHYs. Even Google can't afford to do that by itself.
- twic 13y agoPfft. They can just map-reduce over each bit in the frame.