ASIC

• Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (Network Automation, review)
• Used in SDN Data Plane operations instead of CPUs, as they are faster and more robust
  • When a frame is received, the ASIC is responsible for switching logic
• The MAC address table/CAM Table is stored on a special kind of memory called a TCAM (Ternary Content-Addressable Memory)
• Modern Routers use CPUs to process control/management traffic, and ASIC/TCAM to process data traffic for maximum speed

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OSI or TCP/IP Layer

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