Yup, AMD's Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security

Cisco is cramming into more of its switches Pensando data processing units (DPUs) from AMD, which will be dedicated to handling security, storage, and other tasks. Unveiled at Cisco Live Amsterdam on Tuesday, these latest DPU-infused "smart switches" join Switchzilla's existing Nexus 9300 family of appliances. At the heart of …

[Hubert Cumberdale]

I'm afraid I can only interpret DPU as referring to some kind of sophisticated sex robot capable of multiple simultaneous entry. Especially with names like those.

[Bitsminer]

Does what?

After reading the article, and the linked press release, I still don't get it.

The Pensando chip is embedded, sorry, "melted into" the switch and that makes it "AI-native". Huh.

But what is at the other end of the switch port? Another Pensando-based DPU? Is this just another way to sell more expensive, er, "data centre fabric"? Two for the price of three?

[Aleph0]

Nothing substantial to say about the technical aspects of the article, but as an Italian it feels quite strange to read all those codenames in my own language...