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Wireblast a 100 Gbps packet generator in Go using AF_XDP
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A tool named Wireblast generates network packets at 100 Gbps using Go and the Linux AF_XDP kernel bypass interface.
It demonstrates that high-throughput network processing is achievable in a garbage-collected language, lowering the barrier for engineers writing custom network testing tools. This provides a concrete data point for evaluating Go in performance-critical networking roles traditionally reserved for C.
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Wireblast achieves 100 Gbps packet generation throughput.
The tool is implemented in Go rather than a conventional systems language like C.
It relies on the Linux AF_XDP socket type for fast kernel bypass.
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