[ale] 40GB / sec TCP/IP router using COTS hardware!

[William Fragakis]

If I've copied the correct part:

"3.3 Software Configuration
We have installed 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 9.04 server distribution
with unmodified Linux kernel 2.6.28.10 in the server. Our packet
I/O engine (Section 4) is based on ixgbe 2.0.38.2 device driver for
Intel 10 GbE PCIe adapters. For GPU, we use the device driver
195.36.15 and CUDA SDK 3.0."

http://www.ndsl.kaist.edu/papers/packetshader.pdf



On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 13:48 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> I just saw this:
> 
> http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/26096/
> 
> The article doesn't say if it uses Linux or not, but it's interesting
> either way.
> 
> AIUI, the key is they are using a GPU to handle the "encrypting or
> authenticating packets".
> 
> Is that activity ultra common in a router?  I know packet shaping
> activity, etc. is common, but I was not aware of the security aspects.
> 
> Thanks
> Greg 
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