9–13 Jun 2025
Brighton, UK
Europe/London timezone

Lightning-fast Stateful Applications on FPGA

12 Jun 2025, 11:20
5m
Concert Hall

Concert Hall

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Speaker

Oliver Gurka (CESNET)

Description

Stateful network applications such as firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems depend on frequent memory access. However, traditional computer architectures struggle to scale effectively under the high throughput demands of modern networks. The primary bottleneck is unsurprising—high memory latency and limited memory bandwidth, which greatly constrain overall performance.

By leveraging FPGA acceleration, we can revolutionise the architecture of high-performance stateful applications, achieving unmatched scalability, efficiency, and real-time processing capabilities. For research networks, ISPs, and cybersecurity infrastructures, this means faster, more adaptive systems capable of handling ever-growing network demands with minimal latency and maximal flexibility.

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