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The Emergence of the OpenDataPlane Standard

Julia Mitchell
Julia Mitchell
May 18, 2015
Less than one minute read time.

Read the new white paper about OpenDataPlane (ODP), a standardized data plane API that can be used to support Linux-based network applications across the array of silicon architectures and hardware/software configurations.

Author: Bob Monkman, Arm Networking Segment Marketing Manager

Table of contents

  • Abstract
  • Why an Additional Data Plane Standard is Needed
  • OpenDataPlane Overview
  • ODP Features and Benefits
  • ODP’s Guiding Design Principles
  • ODP Version 1.0 APIs
  • ODP and DPDK
  • OpenDataPlane Use Cases
  • Summary

Download the White Paper

Want to learn more?

  • Read Bob Monkman's blog: Arm ecosystem getting behind the Intelligent Flexible Cloud vision- Freescale
  • Read Joe Kidder's blog, Arm and Enea Enable Diverse Silicon Support for Efficient OPNFV - explained
  • Read the press release, Arm and Enea Enable Diverse Silicon Support for Efficient OPNFV
  • Read John Fry's, Arm Networking Segment Marketing Manager, The Intelligent Flexible Cloud White Paper which is enabled by new technology standards, heterogeneous system on chip (SoC) architectures, and distribution of intelligence closer to the network edge.
ODP White Paper_Final.pdf
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