Its fast enough to keep up with the Japanese. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > Normally, Mr Worf, the word "router" makes me go fetal... but if it can > perform at those speeds and still hold a connection, I'm fine with it. > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> *Virtual Router Smashes Speed >> Records<http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=49357728&f=64651&u=17726256&c=0> >> * >> >> *Ad Support* : *Nano >> Technology*<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=nano%20technology&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >> *Netbook* >> <http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=netbook&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >> *Technology News >> *<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=technology%20news&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >> *Computer >> Software*<http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/64651/17726256/0/http://www.nextbigfuture.com/p/searchresults.html?PLUCKsearchTerm=computer%20software&PLUCKwhichPage=relatedAdLinks> >> >> >> >> <http://ads.feedblitz.com/?servead&feedid=64651&sub=17726256&doc=8ac2fb8e-af58-11df-b2a8-003005ce8901&seq=8&type=link&b=3&o=0&f=2&N=12&sender=cf515ead64587146fb6815a2a013d226,feedblitz.com> >> <http://ads.feedblitz.com/?servead&feedid=64651&sub=17726256&doc=8ac2fb8e-af58-11df-b2a8-003005ce8901&seq=9&type=link&b=3&o=1&f=2&N=12&sender=cf515ead64587146fb6815a2a013d226,feedblitz.com> >> <http://ads.feedblitz.com/?servead&feedid=64651&sub=17726256&doc=8ac2fb8e-af58-11df-b2a8-003005ce8901&seq=10&type=link&b=3&o=2&f=2&N=12&sender=cf515ead64587146fb6815a2a013d226,feedblitz.com> >> <http://ads.feedblitz.com/?servead&feedid=64651&sub=17726256&doc=8ac2fb8e-af58-11df-b2a8-003005ce8901&seq=11&type=link&b=3&o=3&f=2&N=12&sender=cf515ead64587146fb6815a2a013d226,feedblitz.com> >> <http://ads.feedblitz.com/?servead&feedid=64651&sub=17726256&doc=8ac2fb8e-af58-11df-b2a8-003005ce8901&seq=-1&type=link&b=3&o=-1&f=2&N=12&sender=cf515ead64587146fb6815a2a013d226,feedblitz.com> >> <http://www.feedblitz.com/adfaq.asp> >> MIT Technology Review reports that researchers in South Korea have built a >> networking router that transmits data at record speeds from components found >> in most high-end desktop computers. >> <http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/26096/?ref=rss%22>A >> team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology created the >> router, which transmits data at nearly 40 gigabytes per second--many times >> faster than the previous record for such a device. >> >> The techniques used by the researchers could lead to a number of >> breakthroughs, including the use of cheaper commodity chips, such as those >> made by Intel and Nvidia, in high-performance routers, in place of >> custom-made hardware. The software developed by the researchers could also >> serve as a testbed for novel networking protocols that might eventually >> replace the decades-old ones on which the Internet currently runs. >> >> >> br> >> "We started with the humble goal of being the first to get a PC router to >> 10 [gigabytes per second], but we pushed it to 40," says Sue Moon, leader of >> the lab in which the research was conducted. Her students Sangjin Han and >> Keon Jang developed software called PacketShader that made this possible. >> PacketShader uses a computer's graphics processing unit (GPU) to help >> process packets of data sent across a network. >> >> Modern routers are rarely dumb switches anymore. They are often called >> upon to manipulate packets in a number of different ways as they pass >> through. GPUs are ideal for this purpose because they can process data in >> parallel, which means they can handle several packets of data at once. >> According to Moon, a GPU is much faster at handling some packet-processing >> tasks, such as authenticating or encrypting all of the packets in a stream. >> When the GPU takes over these tasks, it gives the central processing unit >> (CPU) breathing room to handle other things that are more serial in nature, >> such processing several packets in turn to detect attempts to break into a >> network. >> >> Gianluca Iannaccone, an engineer at Intel Labs Berkeley who is familiar >> with PacketShader, says it could slash the number of physical machine needed >> to comprise a terabit-per-second software router to one-third of what his >> research has previously indicated would be require >> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
