switch asic transistors

Broadcom Trident 2, 40nm, 4 billion, 104x10GE
Broadcom Trident, 40nm, 64x10GE
Cisco 3548, 412mm2, ??nm, 2.5 billion, 48x10GE
Intel Alta FM6000, ??, 65nm, 1.2 billion, 72x10GE

what asics do the switches use?

ASICs Used by Commerical Switches

Switch	Announce Time	ASIC	Port	Fwd Latency	Onchip Buffer	Mac	IPv4	ACL	Other Features
Cisco 3548	2012.09	Cisco Monticello	48x10G	190ns	18M	64K	16K LPM + 64K Host	4K	ECN, NAT
Arista 7150	2012.09	Intel Alta	64x10G	350ns	9.5M	64K	84K LPM + 64K Host	24K	NAT
Arista 7124FX	2012.03	Intel Bali + Stratix	24x10G	sub 500ns	2M	16K	16K LPM	2K
Arista 7050	2011.03	BCM Trident+	64x10G	800ns ~1200ns	9M	128K	16K LPM + 32K Host	3K	ECN
Arista 7124SX	2011.03	Intel Bali	24x10G	sub 500ns	2M	16K	16K LPM	2K

Broadcom pushes API for SDN interface

Broadcom pushes API for SDN interface