In the AI era, silicon-design cycles have become a limiting factor in feature velocity. Network programmability has never been more critical, yet flexibility cannot come at the cost of performance and power efficiency. With its X-Switch architecture, Xsight Labs targeted the sweet spot for data-center switching, balancing performance and power while maximizing programmability. Now, to encourage innovation and adoption, the company opened the instruction sets for its X-Switch programmable Ethernet switch architecture. Xsight Labs sponsored the creation of this white paper, but the opinions and analysis are those of the author. Download the  white paper  for free, no registration required. X-Switch Scalable Architecture