Smart Network Interface Card (SmartNIC) Glossary Definition

Smart Network Interface Card (SmartNIC) is a Network data-center or high-performance computing concept used to move traffic at scale with low latency, high bandwidth, or specialized acceleration.

Architects use this concept when designing high-throughput fabrics for storage, virtualization, artificial intelligence, analytics, and latency-sensitive workloads.

Related concepts include Routing.

Additional Resource: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Standard.