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+Release notes for VPP 16.06
+===========================
+
+The FD.io Project, relentlessly focused on data IO speed and efficiency
+supporting the creation of high performance, flexible, and scalable
+software defined infrastructures, announces the availability of the
+community’s first software release (16.06).
+
+In the four months since launching, FD.io has brought together more than
+75 developers from 11 different companies including network operators,
+solution providers chip vendors, and network equipment vendors who are
+collaborating to enhance and innovate around the Vector Packet
+Processing (VPP) technology. The FD.io community has quickly formed to
+grow the number of projects from the initial VPP project to an
+additional 6 projects addressing a diverse set of requirements and
+usability across a variety of deployment environments.
+
+The 16.06 release brings unprecedented performance: 480Gbps/200mpps with
+8 million routes and 2k whitelist entries on standard high volume x86
+servers.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+In addition to the existing full suite of vswitch/vrouter features, the
+new 16.06 release adds:
+
+-  Enhanced Switching and Routing:
+
+   -  IPv6 Segment Routing multicast support.
+   -  LISP xTR support.
+   -  VXLAN over IPv6 underlay.
+   -  Per interface whitelists.
+   -  Shared adjacencies in FIB.
+
+-  New and improved interface support:
+
+   -  Jumbo frame support for vhost-user.
+   -  Netmap interface support.
+   -  AF_Packet interface support.
+
+-  Expanded and improved programmability:
+
+   -  Python API bindings.
+   -  Enhanced JVPP Java API bindings.
+   -  Debugging CLI.
+
+-  Expanded Hardware and Software Support:
+
+   -  Support for ARM 32 targets including Rasberry Pi single-board
+      computer.
+   -  Support for DPDK 16.04.