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The World’s Secure Networking Data Plane

An Open Source Terabit Software Dataplane The world moves at light speed. Make sure your packet traffic keeps up. Enriching Data Plane Leadership and Deployment Efficiency.

The Fast Data Project (FD.io) is an open-source project aimed at providing the world's fastest and most secure networking data plane through Vector Packet Processing (VPP).

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CSIT 25.02 Report on 12th of March 2025

12th of March 2025

CSIT 25.02 Report on 12th of March 2025 – The CSIT report information can be found in csit.fd.io. Previous CSIT releases are also linked from there. The current CSIT report can be found here!

Intel White Paper: CPU Core Type and Network Workload Affinity

6th of March 2025

Intel White Paper – Learn how Intel® Xeon® 6 processors leverage Performance and Efficient cores to enhance networking workloads, balancing power efficiency, scalability and high-performance …

VPP 25.02 Release on 26th of February 2025

26th of February 2025

VPP 25.02 Release on 26th of February 2025 – The VPP 25.02 Release includes 21 new features such as Host Stack application features, Session Layer features, async processing support for TLS and …

In Review: FD.io in 2024

13th of January 2025

In Review: FD.io in 2024 By Dave Wallace, FD.io TSC Chair – The FD.io release train maintained its momentum in 2024, delivering another year of outstanding performance with timely VPP releases …

CSIT 24.10 Report on 13th of November 2024

13th of November 2024

CSIT 24.10 Report on 13th of November 2024 – The CSIT report information can be found in csit.fd.io. Previous CSIT releases are also linked from there. The current CSIT report can be found here! …

Calico v3.29.0 release - Networking and Security Enhancements

31st of October 2024

Networking and Security Enhancements in Calico v3.29.0 release on 29th of October 2024 – It’s almost time for KubeCon North America, and we’re excited to share the latest updates in Calico. …

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Cisco Systems (image)
Cisco Systems

Cisco Secure Access, Umbrella, Webex & more

Alibaba Cloud (image)
Alibaba Cloud

uCPE
Network Virtual Functions
Load Balancer

Netgate (image)
Netgate

TNSR : High-performance Secure Networking Software

Inocybe (image)
Inocybe

An Open Networking Platform

Openstack (image)
Openstack

Cisco VIM (CVIM) using VPP

PANTHEON.tech (image)
PANTHEON.tech

StoneWork Enterprise - performant & modular networking solution

Yahoo (image)
Yahoo

The JP Cloud Balancer

ZTE (image)
ZTE

IoT Gateway
MEC Platform
PaaS Platform

Calico/VPP dataplane (image)
Calico/VPP dataplane

An integration allowing the Calico Kubernetes CNI to leverage VPP as its dataplane

Netadvia (image)
Netadvia

Latency-Optimised High-Frequency Financial Trading with VPP

Graphiant (image)
Graphiant

Vector packet processing (VPP)-based deep packet inspection (DPI) software

Mavenir (image)
Mavenir

Converged packet core

TravelPing (image)
TravelPing

User Plane Gateway (UPG) based on VPP

Affirmed Networks, a Microsoft company (image)
Affirmed Networks, a Microsoft company

5GCN cloud-native network function

Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) (image)
Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC)

SONiC-VPP is a platform under SONIC that supports VPP data plane

Terragraph (image)
Terragraph

Terragraph's datapath implementation using VPP

Equinix (image)
Equinix

Network Edge

Samsung (image)
Samsung

Samsung 5G UPF stack built on top of VPP

Exium (image)
Exium

xEdge Data Plane achieves up to 10x packet processing through VPP, DPDK, and SR-IOV technologies

Big Network (image)
Big Network

Big Network's Edge Pro uses VPP for high speed packet processing

RTBrick (image)
RTBrick

RTBrick fullstack supports VPP as a feature

Marvell Octeon 10 (image)
Marvell Octeon 10

Marvell Octeon 10 DPU uses VPP hardware acceleration to gain up to 5x system level performance

IPng Networks (image)
IPng Networks

IPng Networks is a contributer to the Linux CP plugin and source of in-depth technical articles on the VPP ecosystem

Flexiwan (image)
Flexiwan

flexiWAN uses VPP network stack

VyOS (image)
VyOS

VyOS and VPP - progress and plans

wgtwo (image)
wgtwo

Working Group Two uses Vector Packet Processing (VPP) to implement this User Plane Function

OpenAirInterface (image)
OpenAirInterface

OpenAir CN 5G for UPF using a VPP implementation

ipoque GmbH (R&S) (image)
ipoque GmbH (R&S)

R&S vPACE: A VPP DPI Engine Essential to Future 5G Networks

SURF (image)
SURF

At SURF, we rely on VPP as the software switch for our virtual infrastructure, and use Ansible (and AWX) to provision and configure

Sandya Networks (image)
Sandya Networks

Sandya Networks provides highly available Internet Connectivity with full mesh redudancy utilizing VPP for Routing Engine

Lanner Electronics (image)
Lanner Electronics

Lanner partners with Flexiwan and Telco Systems utilizing VPP for routing and data path.

Telco Systems (image)
Telco Systems

Telco Systems Edgility OS utilizes VPP for data path.

Dawn Internet (image)
Dawn Internet

Dawn Internet utilizes VPP for Decentralized·Autonomous·Wireless·Networks

46 Labs (image)
46 Labs

46 Labs uses VPP for host-based NOS and Edge forwarding services

AMD Pensando(tm) Networking (image)
AMD Pensando(tm) Networking

AMD utilizes VPP in AMD Pensando(tm) Networking DPUs

Codilime (image)
Codilime

Codilime explains VPP thread and memory management techniques

Highway 9 Networks (image)
Highway 9 Networks

Highway9 Networks leverages VPP to achieve low latency and high speed for its 5G Mobility Edge instances

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