[oblong]

I guess something has to move packets from interface A to interface B.

[jethro_tell]

Ha! yeah that's done in hardware. They are talking about the controller that sets the route tabels for the asics.

[kazen44]

forwarding tables to be correct.

Routing tables are in the control plane.

ASIC's really only do "layer 2" forwarding. (this is not an entirely proper abstract, but close enough anyway.