{"id":8033,"date":"2026-08-10T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missinglinkelectronics.com\/devzone\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2026-09-07T05:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:47:52","slug":"npap-optimize-for-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missinglinkelectronics.com\/devzone\/datasheet\/npap-optimize-for-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimize for Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"Optimize MLE NPAP for Performance Scaling performance for MLE NPAP is like any on-chip full accelerator: The wider the datapaths and the higher clock speed the better the throughput. ASIC implementations can clock at 1 GHz, or faster (depends on with ASIC process you will be using) and power is not so much of an issue because MLE NPAP can be quite small (typ. less then 200k gates). For FPGAs, however, things are different, clock frequencies above 500 MHz may be hard to achieve. MLE is constantly working with FPGA vendors to improve MLE NPAP clock frequency. While MLE NPAP originally was designed for ASIC implementation, MLE has adopted MLE NPAP for efficient implementation using modern FPGA fabric. Unlike other TCP stacks for FPGA, MLE NPAP features a 128 bit wide bi-directional datapath which puts MLE NPAP into a unique position for realizing high-bandwidth FPGA-based SmartNICs without \u201cFPGA bloat\u201d.&nbsp; Larger bit widths, 512 bits or more, cause \u201cFPGA bloat\u201d which is wasting FPGA resources. Smaller bit widths, 64 bits or less, do require unrealistic high clock frequencies to deliver high line rates as the following table shows: \u00a0 10 Gbps 25 Gbps 50 Gbps 100 Gbps 32 bit 312.5 MHz 781.25 MHz 1,562.5 MHz 3,125.0 MHz 64 bits 156.25 MHz 390.625 MHz<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missinglinkelectronics.com\/devzone\/datasheet\/npap-optimize-for-performance\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimize MLE NPAP for Performance Scaling performance for MLE NPAP is like any on-chip full accelerator: The wider the datapaths and the higher clock speed the better the throughput. 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