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Auteurs principaux: Mishra, Aniruddh, Oommen, Benjamin, Liang, Jimmy
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Publié: 2025
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author Mishra, Aniruddh
Oommen, Benjamin
Liang, Jimmy
author_facet Mishra, Aniruddh
Oommen, Benjamin
Liang, Jimmy
contents Ethernet switches are foundational to the global internet infrastructure. These devices route packets of data on a local area network between source addresses to destination media access control addresses. On the L2 layer of the Open Systems Interconnections model, Ethernet switches take in digitized data from a Media Independent Interface and send it to the corresponding output port for the destination address. Switches need to handle parallel input and output streams from each port, prioritizing throughput, efficiency, and packet integrity. Due to the confidential nature of the networking device industry, there do not exist many open source implementations of switching fabrics. We propose an open source design for an L2 Ethernet switch along with the power, performance, and area tradeoffs for architecture decisions.
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spellingShingle L2 Ethernet Switch VLSI Implementation
Mishra, Aniruddh
Oommen, Benjamin
Liang, Jimmy
Networking and Internet Architecture
Systems and Control
Ethernet switches are foundational to the global internet infrastructure. These devices route packets of data on a local area network between source addresses to destination media access control addresses. On the L2 layer of the Open Systems Interconnections model, Ethernet switches take in digitized data from a Media Independent Interface and send it to the corresponding output port for the destination address. Switches need to handle parallel input and output streams from each port, prioritizing throughput, efficiency, and packet integrity. Due to the confidential nature of the networking device industry, there do not exist many open source implementations of switching fabrics. We propose an open source design for an L2 Ethernet switch along with the power, performance, and area tradeoffs for architecture decisions.
title L2 Ethernet Switch VLSI Implementation
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10318