Research & KnowledgeEvent: August 31, 2026
Napatech published the inaugural issue of The Control Plane, a LinkedIn Newsletter explaining how SmartNICs offload network stack processing and DPUs maintain separate data and control planes.
Published
Signal category
Research & Knowledge
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“The inaugural issue of “The Control Plane” highlights the need to move from Generic NICs to SmartNICs or DPUs.”
— Napatech team
Company
Napatech
Programmable SmartNICs and DPUs
- Industry
- Computer and Network Security
- Location
- Soeborg, DK
- Company size
- 102 employees
Napatech, the leading provider of programmable Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs) and Data Processing Units (DPUs) used in cloud, enterprise and telecom datacenter networks.
Founded 2003