<s>
Vector	B-Protocol
Packet	I-Protocol
Processing	I-Protocol
(	O
VPP	O
)	O
platform	O
is	O
an	O
extensible	O
,	O
open-source	O
framework	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
network	O
switches	O
or	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
open-source	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
backed	I-Operating_System
framework	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Fast	O
Data	O
Project	O
(	O
FD.io	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
uses	O
the	O
Data	B-Application
Plane	I-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
device	O
drivers	O
and	O
libraries	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
layer	O
1	O
functions	O
-	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
functionality	O
is	O
separated	O
into	O
an	O
optional	O
plugin-in	O
for	O
VPP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
push	O
for	O
scalability	O
of	O
networks	O
,	O
VPP	O
reads	O
the	O
largest	O
available	O
sector	O
of	O
packets	O
in	O
the	O
networks	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
layer	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
processing	O
each	O
packet	O
individually	O
throughout	O
an	O
entire	O
graph	O
with	O
several	O
nodes	B-Protocol
,	O
VPP	O
selects	O
the	O
entire	O
vector	O
of	O
packets	O
and	O
pushes	O
them	O
through	O
a	O
graph	O
node	O
,	O
before	O
moving	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
instruction	O
cache	B-General_Concept
then	O
adapts	O
to	O
the	O
process	O
and	O
the	O
remaining	O
packets	O
are	O
processed	O
even	O
faster	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
previously	O
learned	O
instructions	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
vector	O
packet	O
.	O
</s>
