In cloud and edge data centers, infrastructure virtual switching consumes a massive portion of server compute resources, significantly lowering revenue generation and overall energy efficiency. To overcome these operational bottlenecks, Napatech software powers FPGA-based SmartNICs using Link-Virtualization technology to fully offload data plane processing. The software consumes just a single CPU core for infrastructure handling, releasing critical processing power back to host applications and services. By automating this resource redistribution, the platform allows operators to drastically increase virtual machine density on standard commercial hardware. Ultimately, this intelligent integration empowers data centers to minimize operational energy footprints, optimize hardware utilization

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