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Software Defined Networking Changing the Way Silicon IP Being Used-January 19, 2012 |
The increasing momentum around adopting software-defined networking (SDN), which communications markets are currently experiencing, is accelerating the need for more comprehensive system management at the system-on-chip (SoC) level.
SDN introduces the notion of “random” events sequencing, such as changing the flow of a routing or switching path in real time from sources external to the network device. Random event change management, in turn, introduces new architectural challenges for communications SoCs because the state operation sequences to be executed are not predictable, as is the case when fully contained within the network device.