Chelsio T6 SmartNICs Enhance Red Hat OpenShift Performance

Chelsio Communications has announced the results of its independent testing of T6 SmartNICs with Red Hat OpenShift, as stated in a press release. The tests demonstrated that T6 SmartNICs deliver line-rate throughput of 98 Gbps with only 46% CPU usage, significantly enhancing networking performance in OpenShift environments.

The testing highlighted the T6 SmartNICs' ability to provide high-throughput, low-latency networking while efficiently utilizing CPU resources. This allows OpenShift users to optimize resource efficiency and accelerate AI workloads. The results confirm that T6 SmartNICs can support AI, machine learning, and data-intensive workloads in OpenShift clusters, offering seamless integration with OpenShift networking architectures.

Chelsio's initiative aims to increase awareness and adoption of T6 SmartNICs within the OpenShift and AI communities, providing a validated, high-performance networking solution for AI and data-centric deployments. The company also plans to collaborate with Red Hat on formal OpenShift certification to ensure long-term support and integration.