FAS: Using FPGA to Accelerate and Secure SDN Software Switches

Table 4

Components of platforms in experiment.

	NetMagic-Pro	Commodity PC
CPU	Intel i7-4700EQ 2.4 G	Intel i7-3770 3.4 G
The number of cores	4	4
Cache	6 MB L3-cache	6 MB L3-cache
DRAM	4 GB DDR3 SDRAM	4 GB DDR3 SDRAM
NIC	1 Gbps x8 NMP port	1 Gbps x2 Intel 82579
OS	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
FPGA	Altera EP4SGX180	—