Fortinet Announces A New System on Chip (SoC) For Its Firewall Appliances

Fortinet has announced new chip hardware, the SP5, to power FortiGate firewall appliances for entry-level and medium-size customers that need firewalls at campus, branch, and edge locations. Fortinet is positioning this chip as a high-performance, energy-efficient option compared to security devices using off-the-shelf CPUs. Fortinet has long developed its own ASICs and has three hardware... Read more »