Expanding Programmability From the Control to the Data Plane With Xilinx Software Defined Specification Environment

The networking industry is moving from the “fixed-function era” where services are built upon proprietary hardware architectures and custom software to the “virtualized-function era” using standard hardware and software-defined networking (SDN). To address this mismatch between SDN software and old-style hardware, Xilinx has introduced the “softly” defined network approach, which creates a software-defined data plane with content intelligence. This webinar explored open hardware trends in the global market and how network architects can leverage the Xilinx Software Defined Specification Environment for Networking (SDNet) and its revolutionary softly defined network approach.