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  1. Re:First Post by minvaren · · Score: 1 · on Rootkit In a Network Card Demonstrated

    Ah, there's your problem. You needed one of these Killer NICs http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/killer-xeno-pro/ to offset the lag of the rootkit.

  2. Re:look for the killer ap by Ant+P. · · Score: 1 · on SGI Rolls Out "Personal Supercomputers"

    Killer Access Point? Is that like a wifi Killer NIC?

  3. Research? This is already a product by xianthax · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Network Adapter Keeps Talking While a PC Is Asleep

    NIC's with on board processors and off load for these types of applications have been on the market for several years.

    http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/products/

    I think the only difference here is the operation while sleeping which could easily be done with a killer nic with firmware/driver changes

  4. There's another name for such a device by jdb2 · · Score: 4, Informative · on USB-Based NIC Torrents While Your PC Sleeps

    It's called the "Killer NIC". It's a PCI Express network card which offloads network packet processing to a custom embedded Linux distro running on a 400MHz ARM processor with 256MB of RAM, and oh, it works with Vista. As it's independent of the main CPU, it can run applications, such as a bittorrent client, while the main CPU attends to other tasks while still acting as a NIC for the main CPU even if one of the on-board applications is also network oriented -- they call this "Flexible Network Architecture" or "FNA apps." Oh, and did I mention that it has a USB port for storage of such applications and any associated data ( such as files downloaded via Bittorent ) on a USB flash drive?

    Another "great innovation" from Microsoft.

    jdb2

  5. Well if that isn't a nifty idea by alexwcovington · · Score: 1 · on Killer NIC Hands-On Testing

    I've gotten so used to plain-jane NICs I never knew there could be anything else -- but at $279.99, I think I'll be able to live with a longer ping time. At least until I have the cash to build my ultimate b0x0r of DOOM!

  6. bigfoot networks by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny · on Slashback: Moon Footage, KillerNic, ZFS Leopard

    I can't be the only who thinks of goatse when I see the bigfoots network logo...

  7. Tytus (Bigfoot Networks) Responds by Tytus_Bigfoot · · Score: 5, Informative · on Network Card for Gamers - Uses Linux to Reduce Lag

    Hey everyone, I am the inventor of the Killer NIC. I will not try to hijack your thread, so this will be my only post. Thanks for the interest in our Killer Network Card. It has been my personal vision for years. A lot of very good questions have been raised here, and I think a lot of them are answered in our FAQ here: http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/FrequentlyAskedQues tions.aspx . If there are still questions, I would love to try to answer them at our sponsored community site: http://www.endlagnow.org/ELNForums/ Thanks, Tytus

  8. They're trying to hire someone to make it work by Animats · · Score: 1 · on Investor Money Goes To Magic Lag Reducing Tech
    Bigfoot Networks has a job ad. They need someone to make their magic card work.

    Bigfoot Networks, Inc. - Senior Video Game Network Programmer (C++, C, Game Design, Networking)

    Full Time Employee will be responsible for architecture and implementation of programming interface and device driver interaction for a next generation network acceleration device targeted towards video games.

    Responsibilities include API interface architecture and programming, development and implementation of sample implementations of the accelerator, implementation of other related game network low level software.

    10+ years of game software design, experience in client/server game networking architecture and programming, socket programming, and superior skills in C++ and C, all a must.

    Knowledge of Windows WDM, PCI, TCP/IP, and embedded programming, a plus.

    Medical and Dental insurance is available through company.

    For more information, please contact Harlan at BigfootNetworks dot com

  9. A network card for gamers too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Is There a Place for a $500 Ethernet Card?

    So I wonder how this compares to this product by Bigfoot Networks. They won the moot corp contest, but it seems like someone beat them to it. They seem to want to make a network card like this, but for gamers. It seems like a similarly awful idea to me.