Academic Salon on Low-Latency Communication, Programmable Network Components and In-Network Computation

Panel Discussion - In-Network Computation

Topic Area: Programmable Network Interface Cards and In-Network Computation - In-network computation in industrial scenarios, Processor-based Smart-NICs

• What is the future of In-Network Computation?

• Do we see a “Killer-App” that pushes the need to upgrade our networks for supporting In-Network Computation?

• How do we judge the following uses of In-Network Computation?

  • network optimisation
  • network reslience
  • machine learning
  • real-time control.

• Which are needed function sets for In-Network-Computation?

  • Limited function set - c.f. P4 ASIC
  • Full function set - c.f. CPU

• Stateless or stateful In-Network-Computation?

• Resource requirements and dimensioning

  • Which resource share for In-Network-Computation vs. Host-Computation should we expect in certain deployments / use cases?