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Reading AccelNet: SmartNICs in the public cloud

paper-review

networking

systems

A review of Azure Accelerated Networking (Firestone et al., NSDI ’18). A landmark paper with production evidence at real scale, and a few places where the evaluation could close the loop.

Jun 7, 2026

Madhava Gaikwad

Velazquez's The Spinners, figures weaving thread into fabric

Reading MRC and SRv6: resilient AI supercomputer networking

paper-review

networking

ml-systems

A review of Araujo et al. (arXiv 2605.04333). A bold, candid paper on networking 100,000-GPU clusters, with one clear opportunity: symmetry in the evidence.

Jun 7, 2026

Madhava Gaikwad

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Reading AccelNet: SmartNICs in the public cloud

Reading MRC and SRv6: resilient AI supercomputer networking