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Intel Develops Hardware To Enhance TCP/IP Stacks

Posted by timothy on from the sure-that's-not-a-little-overspecific? dept.

RyuuzakiTetsuya writes "The Register is reporting that Intel is developing I/OAT, or I/O Acceleration Technology, which allows the CPU, the mobo chipset and the ethernet controller to help deal with TCP/IP overhead."

6 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Were you born a lazy sack of shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or did you have to work on it?

  2. A good thing by qwerty55 · · Score: -1, Troll

    With the ever growing popularity of networked and distributed computing, I think a technology like this may yeild some real benefits.

  3. Re:Now, the Pentium V .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, the internet accelerates Intel.

  4. Re:White elephant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Tannenbaum? The guy who sell kitchen gear for $9.99 on the ad channel at 3am?

  5. finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can run that OC192 through my main computer!

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