Data Plane Development Kit: A Guide to the User Space-Based Fast Network Applications

This book brings together the insights and practical experience of some of the most experienced Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) technical experts, detailing the trend of DPDK, data packet processing, hardware acceleration, packet processing and virtualization, as well as the practical application of DPDK in the fields of SDN, NFV, and network storage. The book also devotes many chunks to exploring various core software algorithms, the advanced optimization methods adopted in DPDK, detailed practical experience, and the guides on how to use DPDK.

Heqing Zhu was born in China. He has worked with Intel® for 15 years. His roles

include software developer, engineering leadership, product management,

solution architect in telecom and cloud networking, and open-source software development.

Prior to Intel®, he worked for Alcatel Shanghai Bell and Huawei. He

currently lives in Chandler, Arizona, in the United States. Heqing graduated from the

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a master’s

degree in Information and Communication System.