AMD unveils 400G network performance IPSec device at OFC 2023
Summary
Designed to meet the high-speed port requirements of modern network infrastructure, the device delivers a significant performance advantage over current industry solutions for inline IPSec while maintaining industry-leading encryption standards. The Versal Premium series’ scalable 100G-400G IPSec design, and hardened 400G channelise high-speed crypto engines in an adaptable platform, closes this gap and bolster the performance of secure routers and next-generation firewalls used in enterprise and service provider networks. The Versal Premium architectural design implements all the standard IPSec features, such as tunnel establishment, security policy, database lookup, and protocol processing, as well as encryption-decryption with replay protection implemented at 400G speeds. • Integration of IPSec control and data plane with up to 32K tunnel setup using industry-standard strongSwan APIs running on the AMD platform using EPYC processors and Versal Premium series devices. “Business leaders recognise security as critically important, but the reality has been that security features on network nodes haven’t kept pace with innovation and network infrastructure speed evolution,” said Gilles Garcia, Senior Director, AECG Data Centre and Comms Group, AMD.