--- title: smartnic | Blog description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/smartnic?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged *"smartnic"* --- [Benjamin Ryzman](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjaminryzman) 21 June 2024 ### [Data Centre AI evolution: combining MAAS and NVIDIA smart NICs](https://canonical.com/blog/data-centre-ai-evolution-combining-maas-and-nvidia-smartnics) AI Ubuntu tech blog It has been several years since Canonical committed to implementing support for NVIDIA smart NICs in our products. Among them, Canonical’s metal-as-a-service (MAAS) enables the management and control of smart NICs on top of bare-metal servers. NVIDIA BlueField smart NICs are very high data rate network interface cards providing advanced s ... --- [Benjamin Ryzman](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjaminryzman) 22 April 2024 ### [Achieving Performant Single-Tenant Cloud Isolation with IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers, Ubuntu Core, Snaps, and AMD Pensando Elba Data Processing Unit](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-isolation-ibm-bare-metal-ubuntu-core) Networking Ubuntu tech blog Discover how IBM Cloud’s bare metal servers offer highly confined and high-performing single-tenant cloud isolation through the use of Ubuntu Core and Snaps, supported by the AMD Pensando Elba DPU (Data Processing Unit). This setup enables the creation of secure and efficient environments for each tenant. Its design ensures the total sepa ... --- [Serdar Vural](https://canonical.com/blog/author/serdarvural80) 11 October 2023 ### [SmartNICs in telco: benefits and use cases](https://canonical.com/blog/smartnics-in-telco-benefits-and-use-cases) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog In our previous blog, we introduced smartNICs as technology enablers for next-generation converged data centres. We covered how smartNICs can increase efficiency and drive return on investment. In this blog post, we explain how this innovative technology can help the telecom industry. SmartNICs use cases for the telecom sector are still e ... --- [Serdar Vural](https://canonical.com/blog/author/serdarvural80) 6 October 2023 ### [What is a smartNIC and how is the technology shaping modern data centres?](https://canonical.com/blog/what-is-a-smartnic-and-how-is-the-technology-shaping-modern-data-centres) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog Data centres are going through a transformation. Gradually, we will see a new type of equipment attached to servers in almost every data centre: smartNICs are here. They will be the enablers of converged data centres where common infrastructure tasks are offloaded from a host server to attached network interface cards (NIC).  Think of it ... --- [Shashank Balashankar](https://canonical.com/blog/author/shashank-balashankar) 13 June 2023 ### [Canonical solutions reduce SmartNIC time-to-market and drive efficiency in enterprise data centres](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-on-smartnics-drive-data-centre-efficiency) Networking Ubuntu tech blog Data centre efficiency is a central cost factor in enterprise IT environments. So, in the face of rising energy costs and increasingly resource-intensive workloads, it is more important than ever for businesses to seek out greater optimisation. Traditionally, CPUs have been used for the majority of data centre workloads, including network ... --- [Felicia Jia](https://canonical.com/blog/author/feliciajia) 6 June 2023 ### [Meet Canonical at SmartNICs Summit 2023](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-smartnics-summit-2023) Networking Ubuntu tech blog SmartNICs, the programmable network adapters that make data centre networking, security and storage efficient, scalable and modular, have started to play a significant role in the industry. Combining traditional NIC capabilities with advanced processing power, smartNICs allow many infrastructure capabilities to be offloaded from CPU, thus ... --- [Felicia Jia](https://canonical.com/blog/author/feliciajia) 14 April 2022 ### [Join Canonical at SmartNICs Summit 2022](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-smartnics-summit-2022) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog SmartNICs, the programmable network adapters that make data center networking, security and storage efficient, scalable and modular, have started to play a significant role in the industry. Canonical believes that SmartNICs are an integral part of cloud infrastructure and we work with partners to integrate our cutting-edge products, such ... --- [Fouaz Bouguerra](https://canonical.com/blog/author/fbouguerr) 17 December 2021 ### [Data centre networking: SmartNICs](https://canonical.com/blog/data-centre-networking-smartnics) Internet of Things Ubuntu tech blog Providing an overview of SmartNIC and DPU, its architecture and the main benefits they bring to the modern data centre. ... --- [Tytus Kurek](https://canonical.com/blog/author/tkurek) 25 October 2021 ### [OpenStack Xena and OpenStack Charms 21.10](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-xena) Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog The release of OpenStack Charms 21.10 brings native support for OpenStack Xena in Charmed OpenStack. This latest version of OpenStack comes with initial support for SmartNICs in Nova and further improvements around Neutron Open Virtual Network (OVN) driver integration.  In order to further simplify the job of the cloud operations teams, t ... --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 5 October 2020 ### [NVIDIA’s Ariel Kit Explains How NVIDIA BlueField DPUs Are Redefining Data Center Services](https://canonical.com/blog/redefining-the-datacentre-with-dpus-nvidia) Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog NVIDIA is redefining the data center around the concept of data processing units (DPUs): powerful network cards running Ubuntu out of the box that combine hardware and software to deliver new classes of cloud architectures – in the data center and at the edge.  Whether for private clouds, edge computing or data center technologies, we ... ---