So there I was reading up on the latest advancements of DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) while stumbling upon on this promising achievement. It goes like this:
In order to create a rock-solid IPS (Intrusion Prevention System), capable of handling network speeds of up to 1 gigabit with standard Intel hardware, we had to devise a technology breakthrough in Layer 7 processing. Existing technologies were just too slow to keep up with network speed expectations.