DPU Special Interest Group
updated July 2023
The mission of the SNIA DPU Special Interest Group (DPU SIG) is to accelerate the awareness of storage centric data processing unit (DPU) concepts, and to influence industry adoption and implementation of the technical specifications and programming models when available.
Their activities support the SNIA
Accelerate Data Focus Areas.
SNIA Webinar - SmartNICs to DPUs
The objectives of the SNIA DPU SIG, a part of the SNIA Compute, Memory, and Storage Initiative, are to
Communicate the DPU taxonomy and technical specifications
Communicate the DPU programming model and why there’s a standard model
Educate on benefits, use models, and implementation of DPUs
Evangelize DPU work and recruit members to contribute to materials
Influence the industry to adopt programming model and uses when available
Coordinate marketing across industry standards groups in conjunction with SNIA Strategic Alliance Committee including the Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) Project.
Check out their latest activities:
Presentation at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference - Open Programmable Infrastructure Project Introduction: How we can Together Implement DPU/IPU Infrastructure Across all Vendors.
Keynote at SmartNIC Summit 2023 - SNIA Supports High-Speed Storage Interfaces Using DPUs and SmartNICs by SNIA DPU SIG co-chair Dr. Joseph White
A What is a DPU? Page
SNIA webinars on DPU topics
A "Weekend Watch": Curious about xPUs?
Check out the Knowledge Center and the SNIA Educational Library (search for "DPUl") for even more materials.
Participation is welcome! Learn more about the SIG, the Compute, Memory, and Storage Initiative, and SNIA, and join us!