Access to internet has become one of the basic needs of our lives. The use of connected devices has been increasing rapidly. In the recent survey conducted by
Data Age 2025, has revealed that we will be generating a huge amount of 163 zetta bytes. And in the survey conducted by Nokia, it is expected that the internet traffic will be reaching a humongous number 330 peta bytes per month by the year 2022.
Millions and billions of devices enabled and connected IoT, cloud-based services and the faster data rates by
5G communication will be contributing the king-part of internet traffic. In simple words, every smart device will be generating internet traffic. Under these sophisticated conditions, an upgrade in network devices becomes mandatory. Nokia is addressing this context with its new super router.
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| Nokia FP4 chip |
Nokia has announced its super router that supports the internet traffic up to 2.4 tera bits per second. Nokia achieves this feat with its new router chip FP4. The FP4 chip is based on its predecessor FP3 - multiple FP3 units packaged into single FP4, without compromising the functionality and efficiency.
The FP3 chip is based on the 16nm FinFET technology with a multi-dimensional design. This is the world's first chip that is capable of serving tera-bit class requests, where the current capability of the routers is 100Gbps.
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| Nokia 7750 SR-14s Service Router |
The commercial implementation of the FP4 chip is
Nokia 7750 SR-14s Service Router. This can serve up to 576Tbps internet traffic in a single system. On the other hand, Nokia has designed the hardware that is capable of withstanding the most common DDoS attacks.
We’re seeing a significant change in how networks are built. So we need new technology to build these networks, and we need a new routing platform - Steve Vogelsang, Nokia’s CTO for IP and optical network.
