Re: Amazing how far things have come. a 32x100G switch running Debian.

["Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com>]

On 12.11.2023 23:34, Andy Smith wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 05:48:27PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> > Well done Mellanox, and Debian. I hope to see more of it!
> >       
> …although I did forget that Nvidia acquired Mellanox in 2019 and
> since then has scrapped the Mellanox brand name, so the good times
> are probably over. 🙁
>
>     
    Yeah, tech industry always kills companies who wanted to make
    something great.
    Gotta keep spoon-feeding the technology and god forbid the big tech
    makes something too good, or too advanced, or too robust.
    
    Nice article. I felt quite skeptical about "two core Celeron CPU"
    until I got to ASIC part. :)
    I've never had a chance to build something more advanced than a
    basic network router with 2 ethernet interfaces. VM-based toys don't
    count. :)
    Still it was interesting to learn about switchdev.
    Now I wonder could it be used for non-Mellanox hardware..

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With kindest regards, Alexander.

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