[sigcomm] NetFPGA Sigcomm Introductory Tutorial August 19, 2011

[Andrew Moore]

We are pleased to announce the upcoming NetFPGA Introductory Tutorial at 
Sigcomm (Toronto, Canada), on August 19, 2011.

An open platform called the NetFPGA has been developed at Stanford
University. The NetFPGA platform enables researchers and instructors to
build high-speed, hardware-accelerated networking systems. The platform
can be used in the classroom to teach students how to build Ethernet
switches and Internet Prototcol (IP) routers using hardware rather than
software. The platform can be used by researchers to prototype advanced
services for next-generation networks.

By using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), the NetFPGA enables new
types of packet routing circuits to be implemented and detailed
measurements of network traffic to be obtained. During the tutorial, we
will use the NetFPGA to determine the amount of memory needed to buffer
TCP/IP data streaming through the Gigabit/second router. Hardware
circuits within the NetFPGA will be implemented to measure and plot the
occupancy of buffers. Circuits will be downloaded into reconfigurable
hardware and tested with live, streaming Internet video traffic.

Attendees will learn about the NetFPGA platform and what it can do. No 
knowledge of Verilog/VHDL required.

Details about this event and registration information are posted on-line as:
http://netfpga.org/tutorials/SIGCOMM2011/index.php

Registration:
http://www.certain.com/system/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x1116251d0be

(NB while this event is supported by the ACM SIGCOMM, registration is not made through 
the conference main website.)

A list of future and past NetFPGA tutorials is available on-line:
http://netfpga.org/php/events.php