a lot of PR fluff, but this may be of interest: http://www.wired.com/2016/06/barefoot-networks-new-chips-will-transform-tech-industry/
https://barefootnetworks.com/media/white_papers/Barefoot-Worlds-Fastest-Most-Programmable-Networks.pdf Based on their investors, could have interesting results for much lower cost 100GbE whitebox switches.

