Robert, I'm thinking of the Juniper Express5 as an example, where (e.g.) the SERDES for unused ports and parts of the on-chip fabric can be powered off, but the point is more that it's possible to do something like this in addition to "just" powering down external transceivers.
Cheers, Rob On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 at 11:11, Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > Could you provide some real examples of those "modern ASICs" where you can > turn on/off parts of it ? > > Any pointers to APIs you could share would also be nice. > > Thx, > R. > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 10:31 AM Rob Evans <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Also the simplicity of the pizza box the electronics is minimal and the >> > main power draw is just the ASIC. As mentioned my Robert all you can do >> > is turn off SFP laser. >> >> I'm not in Vienna, so this may be out of context. However, as a >> standalone statement that isn't true for many modern ASICs, where you >> can power off parts of the ASIC that aren't being used. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lsr mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Lsr mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
