* TCP/IP Offload Engines The notion of offloading heavy traffic onto a server, board or appliance is nothing new really. During the ’90’s IBM, Cisco and smaller vendors such as BusTech used to specialize in offloading TCP/IP traffic from the mainframe onto a switch or router.The notion was to save the mainframe’s expensive processing power for more important transactions.Our Technology Update author (joe@alacritech.com) this week takes a look at a new generation of TCP/IP offload technology known as TCP/IP Offload Engines (TOE). TOE technology aims to take the server CPU out of I/O processing by shifting TCP/IP processing tasks to the network adapter or storage device. This leaves the CPU free to run its applications, so users get their data faster.Our author says TOE technology consists of software extensions to existing TCP/IP stacks that enable the use of hardware data planes implemented on specialized TOE Network Interface Cards (TNIC). Such a hardware/software combination allows operating systems to offload all TCP/IP data traffic to specialized hardware on the TNIC, leaving TCP/IP control decisions on the server. There’s more on this topic in our Tech Update. Check it out: https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0707techupdate.html Related content news Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue Helping the startup build an independent system to create foundation models may help solidify Dell’s spot alongside cloud computing giants in the race to power AI. By Elizabeth Montalbano Nov 29, 2023 4 mins Generative AI Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe