Product map

Products

A compact product map for SmartNICs, DPUs, FPGA cards, and bitstreams before we decide what deserves deeper coverage.

ASIC-Based SmartNICs

Fixed-function or SoC-based cards. Evaluate line rate, offload blocks, host isolation, SDK lock-in, power, and availability.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA BlueField-3

DPU SoC; DOCA ecosystem; 400G class

NVIDIA

NVIDIA ConnectX-8

SuperNIC path for AI networking

AMD

AMD Pensando Salina

cloud services DPU; security/storage/network offload

Intel

Intel IPU E2100

infrastructure processor for cloud offload

Marvell

Marvell OCTEON 10

DPU/security/edge networking line

Xsight Labs

Xsight Labs E1

800G-class DPU/NIC positioning

Alibaba T-Head

Alibaba T-Head Panmai 920

400G SmartNIC with built-in PCIe switch claim

FPGA-Based SmartNICs

Reconfigurable logic trades silicon efficiency for deployment flexibility in capture, low-latency finance, DDoS, media, and custom packet pipelines.

AMD

AMD Alveo V80

FPGA accelerator card used as a programmable datapath base

BittWare

BittWare IA-860m

Intel Agilex-based SmartNIC/accelerator platform

LDA Technologies

LDA Orion HBM

FPGA platform with HBM option

Macnica

Macnica MEP100

FPGA SmartNIC family for media/networking

Napatech

Napatech F3076X

programmable FPGA SmartNIC platform

Silicom

Silicom ThunderFjord

FPGA card family for acceleration appliances

FPGA SmartNIC Bitstreams

The bitstream defines the card personality. Judge software integration, drivers, telemetry, and upgrade flow, not just the board.

Atomic Rules

packet capture and FPGA networking IP

DYNANIC

DDoS defense-oriented FPGA SmartNIC software

Liquid Market Solutions

network-attached compute / market data use cases

Napatech

Napatech Link-Capture / Link-Virtualization

production bitstream personalities on Napatech cards

Xelera

network acceleration software on FPGA platforms