The Development Status and Trend of NetFPGA

In recent years, with the rapid development of the Internet, ever increasing traffic and link-bandwidths presented serious challenges for computer network-related research such as high-speed algorithm and development of high-performance network equipment. Of course, increasing complication in hardware, firewall filtering and Encryption technology, makes programmability getting more and more attention in switches, routers and other network devices. This paper introduces the development process of NetFPGA, makes a comprehensive summary in the study of high performance network, and describes its advantages in high-speed, parallel and real-time. We present a brief introduction to our current work simultaneously. Finally, the paper points out the NetFPGA development direction and trends in future work.