Summary: An FPGA-based Simulator for Datacenter Networks
Zhangxi Tan
Computer Science Division
UC Berkeley, CA
xtan@eecs.berkeley.edu
Krste Asanovi´c
Computer Science Division
UC Berkeley, CA
krste@eecs.berkeley.edu
David Patterson
Computer Science Division
UC Berkeley, CA
pattrsn@eecs.berkeley.edu
ABSTRACT
We describe an FPGA-based datacenter network simulator
for researchers to rapidly experiment with O(10,000) node
datacenter network architectures. Our simulation approach
configures the FPGA hardware to implement abstract mod-
els of key datacenter building blocks, including all levels of
switches and servers. We model servers using a complete

Source: Asanovic, Krste - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory & Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences