Network Break 308: AMD Gobbles Xilinx, Marvell Chops Inphi. Its SmartNIC DPU Week

This week Network Break is about silicon companies Marvel and AMD bulking up to fight competition. Cisco ships a SmartNIC, Catchpoint releases new features and Space Networking. Sponsor: AppNeta Join the Packet Pushers and AppNeta for a live virtual event on Tuesday, November 10th, where we’ll tackle your top 5 performance pain points. Topics include getting remote worker visibility, navigating DIA connectivity, and more. Register now at appneta.com/pplive Sponsor: Service Express We’re sponsored today in part by Service Express. Lower your post-warranty support costs, take control of your hardware refresh cycle, and extend the life of your server, storage, and network equipment. Visit serviceexpress.com/packetpushers to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card.  Tech Bytes: Gluware and First Bank Experience Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Gluware. We talk with Gluware customer First Bank about rolling out Gluware for a network automation project that includes configuration audits and OS management. Show Links AMD’s $35 Billion Proposal to Xilinx Is Less About NVIDIA, More About Taking On Intel – Motley Fool – https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/10/29/amd-35-buying-xilinx-less-about-nvidia-more-intel/ Link: Introducing the Cisco Nexus X100 SmartNIC Adapter. – Cisco Blogs – https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/introducing-the-cisco-nexus-x100-smartnic-adapter Marvell to Acquire Inphi – Accelerating Growth and Leadership in Cloud and 5G Infrastructure – Marvell – https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-to-acquire-inphi-accelerating-growth-leadership-cloud-5g-infrastructure.html Link: Marvell Snags Inphi in $10B Acquisition – SDX Central – https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/marvell-snags-inphi-in-10b-acquisition/2020/10/ Link: Catchpoint Releases Industry’s Most Comprehensive Employee Experience Monitoring Solution – Catchpoint- https://www.catchpoint.com/press-releases/catchpoint-releases-industrys-most-comprehensive-employee-experience-monitoring-solution Link: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2020 – Oracle https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html#AppendixFMW Link: Hackers are on the hunt for Oracle servers vulnerable to potent exploit – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/hackers-are-on-the-hunt-for-oracle-servers-vulnerable-to-potent-exploit/ Link: SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 up front – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/spacex-starlink-public-beta-begins-its-99-a-month-plus-500-up-front/