Intel has introduced Highland Forest, a new communications platform that combines the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 with the next generation of the Intel® Communications Chipset Series 89xx (codename Coleto Creek) that will boost the performance of network traffic, delivering up to 255 million packets per second. The Highland Forest will also create efficiencies for telecom customers though workload consolidation, streamlined R&D resources, common software tools and faster system integration. The new intel architecture will soon become a foundation for network transformation by powering new technologies for Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV).
Blog post from Rose Schooler, general manager and vice president of Intel’s Data Center Group, provides insight on the increasing role of the data center in networking and how standards are driving network transformation. "Networking infrastructure today is in the midst a massive transformation. Migration of fixed function networking workloads to standards based server platforms running enterprise grade open source networking software like Intel Data Plane Development Kit are leading this transformation. Although the standardization process has done a marvelous job in addressing packet flows, opportunities are being missed at higher function levels with respect to virtualization, security, compression, and power management to name a few. Recognizing this void, the industry is establishing standard architectural approaches – namely software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) – to improve the way networks are deployed and services are delivered" Read More ''Chip Shot: Intel Announces Highland Forest, a New Platform that will Accelerate Network Transformation'
