We are delighted to announce the results of the recent 2024 P4 Technical Steering Team (TST) Elections. Nate Foster (Cornell), Steffen Smolka (Google) and Hari Thantry (Google) have been elected to 2-year terms on the P4 TST. We also would like to extend a warm thank you to outgoing TST members JK Lee and Noa […]
From its humble academic origins, P4 has grown into a vibrant open-source project, with a dedicated community of researchers and practitioners united by a shared mission: to create a deeply programmable platform that puts network owners, not equipment vendors and standards bodies, in control of their networks. The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) recently announced that […]
We are pleased to announce that Muhammad Shahbaz, Purdue University, has taken on the role of co-chair of the P4 Education Working Group. Muhammad Shahbaz is a Kevin C. and Suzanne L. Kahn New Frontiers Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Purdue University. His research focuses on designing and developing domain-specific (performance) abstractions, compilers, and […]
During a recent P4.org open source developer days Ryan Goodfellow was invited to give a talk and demo about an independently developed open source P4 compiler built by a team at Oxide Computer Company. This blog is an overview of his presentation. ========================== Background A rack scale computer is hardware and software designed together such […]
EuroP4 2023 took place December 8th in conjunction with ACM CoNEXT 2023 in Paris (France). This event brought together networking researchers and practitioners to discuss cutting-edge, P4-enabled research and P4-based technology. The workshop provided a venue for presenting and discussing research and projects related to P4, as well as for more broadly discussing the needs […]
We are pleased to announce that Chris Sommers, Keysight Technologies, was nominated in April 2023 to co-chair of the P4 API Working Group. Chris Sommers has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Distinguished Software Engineer at Keysight Technologies, where he incubates new technologies and products related to network test and visibility. Chris has […]
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan DiLorenzo, Google, has accepted the role of P4 Language Design Working Group Co-Chair. He has been an active contributor in the P4 community since 2021. Check out this recent community member profile to learn more about Jonathan. We would also like to thank outgoing P4 Language Design Working Group […]
Authors: P4 Language Design Working Group Co-Chairs – Nate Foster & Mihai Budiu The P4 Language Design Working Group is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2.4 of the P4 Language Specification. The new specification document is available in HTML and PDF form on the specifications page on the P4 website. Changes in P4_16 […]
The annual 2023 P4 Workshop took place April 24-25th and was hosted in-person at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. It was a great opportunity for exchange of insights and ideas and included 28 talks as well as demos and posters. The keynote sessions were recorded and the videos plus slides are now accessible on-demand. […]
The 2023 P4 Workshop brought together the P4 community to share knowledge, experiences and ideas. Register to view the keynotes, talks, posters and demos included as part of the event.
We are delighted to announce the results of the recent 2023 P4 Technical Steering Team (TST) Elections. Andy Fingerhut (Intel) and Fabian Ruffy (NYU/Intel/Barefoot) have been elected to 2-year terms on the P4 TST. We also would like to extend a warm thank you to outgoing TST member Robert Soulé (Yale). Your hard work and […]
