Title :
The Virtual Interface Architecture
Author :
Dunning, Dave ; Regnier, Greg ; McAlpine, Gary ; Cameron, Don ; Shubert, Bill ; Berry, Frank ; Merritt, Anne Marie ; Gronke, Ed ; Dodd, Chris
Author_Institution :
Server Archit. Lab., Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA
Abstract :
This protected, zero-copy, user-level network interface architecture reduces the system overhead for sending and receiving messages between high-performance CPU/memory subsystems and networks to less than 10 microseconds when integrated in silicon
Keywords :
network interfaces; VIA; network interface; virtual interface architecture; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Delay; Joining processes; Permission; Physical layer; Protection; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
