Other key features we will go into more depth on are the Application Device Queues (ADQ) and Dynamic Device Personalization package or DDP. The 700 and 800 series share a common Virtual Function Driver (Intel AVF) to help ease the transition. With lower offload capabilities, perhaps that is why Intel calls them “Foundational NICs” here, Intel Ethernet 10 To 100GbE Evolution You may recall when the 40GbE “ Fortville” generation came out, it sipped power mostly due to the fact that it was a simple NIC compared to what others started putting out in the 40GbE generation. With the new Intel Ethernet 800 Series 100GbE NIC codenamed “Columbiaville” the company is adding several new features and perhaps the headline feature of faster Ethernet. We had already been briefed, but could not share what we saw. Now that NVIDIA seems to have outbid Intel for Mellanox, the Intel Ethernet 800 series is what the company has for the market.įor our avid STH readers, this is the series we saw at OCP Summit 2019 in New Intel 100GbE Adapters Shown and Demonstrated. We noted in our A Product Perspective on an Intel Bid for Mellanox piece that Intel needed better 100GbE assets. The Intel Ethernet 800 series was formerly called Columbiaville and is Intel’s answer to the 100GbE segment that the company has been largely absent from. As part of the big Intel launch on April 2, 2019, Intel is getting back in the higher-end networking game with the launch of the Intel Ethernet 800 series 100GbE NIC family.

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