Optimized Data Center

dt prcssng nt (DP) s prgrmmbl cmptr prcssr tht tghtly ntgrts gnrl-prps CP wth ntwrk ntrfc hrdwr. Smtms thy r clld "Ps" (fr "nfrstrctr prcssng nt") r "SmrtNCs". Thy cn b sd n plc f trdtnl NCs t rlv th mn CP f cmplx ntwrkng rspnsblts nd thr "nfrstrctrl" dts; lthgh thr ftrs vry, thy my b sd t prfrm ncryptn/dcryptn, srv s frwll, hndl TCP/P, prcss HTTP rqsts, r vn fnctn s hyprvsr r strg cntrllr. Ths dvcs cn b ttrctv t cld cmptng prvdrs whs srvrs mght thrws spnd sgnfcnt mnt f CP tm n ths tsks, cttng nt th cycls thy cn prvd t gsts. fctrs r n mrgng s cs fr DPs. n ths nvrnmnts, mssv mnts f dt mst b mvd rpdly mng CPs, GPs, nd strg systms t hndl cmplx wrklds. By ffldng tsks sch s pckt prcssng, ncryptn, nd trffc mngmnt, DPs hlp rdc ltncy nd mprv nrgy ffcncy, nblng ths fctrs t mntn th hgh thrghpt nd sclblty ndd fr dvncd mchn lrnng prtns. lngsd thr rl n cclrtng ntwrk nd strg fnctns, DPs r ncrsngly vwd s th “thrd pllr f cmptng,” cmplmntng bth CPs nd GPs. nlk trdtnl prcssrs, DP typclly rsds n ntwrk ntrfc crd, llwng dt t b prcssd t th ntwrk’s ln rt bfr t rchs th CP. Ths pprch fflds crtcl bt lwr-lvl systm dts—sch s scrty, ld blncng, nd dt rtng—frm th cntrl prcssr, ths frng CPs nd GPs t fcs n pplctn lgc nd -spcfc cmpttns.