Availability
Barefoot's P4 development environment is available today from Barefoot Networks at www.barefootnetworks.com. Barefoot's Tofino switch series will be sampling in Q4 this year. The open-source P4 programming language is available free from www.p4.org.
Industry Quotes
Yuval Bachar, Principal Engineer, Global Infrastructure Architecture & Strategy, LinkedIn
"Barefoot's Tofino, an end-user P4 programmable 6.5 Tbps switch, enables data center operators to create custom data planes and implement industry-leading visibility and telemetry functions into the forwarding. The combined level of speed, performance and programmability are a first for the industry, bringing to the forefront a revolutionary opportunity to create a new paradigm in data center infrastructure architecture and design. One of the key components of LinkedIn's next-generation data center design is a programmable network fabric; and we are excited about the opportunities Tofino and P4 enable to be one of the building blocks in our vision."
Dominic Wilde, Vice President & General Manager, Data Center Networking Business Unit, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
"Today's Idea Economy requires networks that are built using composable infrastructure and converged building blocks. HPE continues to lead by being at the bleeding edge of innovation leveraging technologies such as OpenSwitch and P4. The open and programmable data plane provided by Barefoot's Tofino switch is another important step as we usher in a new era of composable, high-performance, programmable and open infrastructure."
Yu Li, General Manager, Data Center Network Product Line, Huawei Technologies
"Our diverse set of customers are looking for products that are differentiated and flexible enough to meet their unique needs. Programmability of the data plane is critical for creating best-in-class solutions for the different market segments we serve. Barefoot's Tofino switch and P4 enable creation of networking systems that satisfy the unique requirements and scale needed by networks of the future. Barefoot has delivered the density, performance and most importantly programmability that is outstanding in the industry."
Wade Shao, Deputy Director, Principal Engineer, Network Platform Department, Tencent
"Tencent's network infrastructure is expanding to accommodate a growing user base, and the massive scale required to provide those users with high-quality services. We are excited to see the new technologies in the P4 programmable Tofino Switch Series, which lead to higher network resiliency and visibility."
About Barefoot Networks
Barefoot Networks launched in 2016 after two years of developing the most programmable and -- at 6.5Terabits/second -- the fastest switches ever built; twice as fast as the previous on record. By enabling organizations to define the network data plane in software, Barefoot empowers network owners and their infrastructure partners to design, optimize, and innovate to meet their specific requirements and gain competitive advantage. In combining the P4 open-source programming language with fast programmable switches, Barefoot has also created an ecosystem of compilers, tools, and P4 code to make P4 accessible to anybody. Barefoot's founders -- Nick McKeown, Martin Izzard, Pat Bosshart, and Dan Lenoski -- bring the company more than 100 years of experience in building the fastest and biggest networking systems in the world. Backed by Google Inc., Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments, and by premier venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Andreessen Horowitz, Barefoot Networks is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For more information visit http://www.barefootnetworks.com.
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