As the main gateway for network traffic to a server, the network interface card (NIC) is an
ideal place to incorporate diverse network functionality, such as traffic control, protocol …

Develo** server applications that offload computation and data to a NIC accelerator is
laborious because one has to explore the design space of decisions about data placement …

In multi-tenant cloud data centers, operators need to ensure that competing tenants and
applications are isolated from each other and fairly share limited network resources. With …

Embedded real-time devices for monitoring, controlling, and collaboration purposes in cyber–
physical systems are now commonly equipped with IP networking capabilities. However, the …

Today's NICs are becoming programmable (" smart"). To support new network protocols,
services, and offloads, there are NICs today that have on-board FPGAs, embedded …

The role of software in computer networks has never been more crucial than today, with the
advent of Internet-scale services and cloud computing. The trend toward software-based …

Recent network adaptors are equipped with multiple transmit and receive hardware queues
combined with a wide variety of filtering and demultiplexing functionality. Contemporary …

Today's cutting-edge applications, ranging from wearable devices and embedded medical
sensors to high-performance data centers, put new demands on computer architectures …

The performance of modern distributed storage and computing frameworks considerably
depends on the IO performance of the many storage and network devices involved …

As the gap between the speed of networks and processor cores increases, the software
alone will not be able to handle all incoming data without additional assistance from the …