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Programmable ASICs for Cisco Catalyst Switches with Muhammad Imam



Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe 2017


This video is part of the appearance, “Cisco Enterprise Switching Presents at Tech Field Day at Cisco Live Europe 2017“. It was recorded as part of Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe 2017 at 10:30-12:20 on February 20, 2017.


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Muhammad Imam, Senior Manager Technical Marketing at Cisco, reviews the traditional role of fixed function ASICs at Cisco, and how programmability changes this mainstay. In 2013, they debuted the Catalyst 3850 switch, which had programmable pipelines. Muhammad reviews how the UADP ASIC architecture is able to achieve that programmability. Finally, he reviews the most recent feature updates for the Catalyst 3850 line.

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