Network-centric computing offloads and disaggregates computing and data processing from CPU to network in order to support growing throughput, big data volume, and information complexity in data centers. An emerging paradigm is employing SmartNIC for network-centric computing, which introduces user-specific processing at a host's network interface. In this article, we take this initiative further to tackle current proprietary processing and computing issues in the network core: the switches. We propose a new hardware architecture called adaptable switch. Based on testing of its prototype empowering three use cases, we demonstrate that both high throughput and processing flexibility can be achieved simultaneously on an adaptable switch.

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自适应交换机：一种用于以网络为中心的计算的异构交换机架构

以网络为中心的计算将计算和数据处理从 CPU 卸载并分解到网络，以支持数据中心不断增长的吞吐量、大数据量和信息复杂性。一种新兴范式是将 SmartNIC 用于以网络为中心的计算，它在主机的网络接口上引入了用户特定的处理。在本文中，我们将进一步采取这一举措来解决网络核心（交换机）中当前的专有处理和计算问题。我们提出了一种称为自适应交换机的新硬件架构。基于对其支持三个用例的原型的测试，我们证明了在适应性强的交换机上可以同时实现高吞吐量和处理灵活性。