Hey folks, this is my first Ars post, but I've been lurking for a long time, I've got a question for you...<BR><BR>I work for a large company, supporting computers for a development group. I learned ...

A modern normal network card will have onboard an Ethernet controller which, of course, is a pre-programmed microcontroller. Not only does it do the things required to keep a computer on the network, ...

Sometimes cultures collide. Microprocessor design has always emphasized clock frequency, hand design and careful tuning at the circuit level. SoC design emphasizes floor planning, synthesized blocks ...

In most embedded networking and communications designs, the primary operations the main processor must provide involve conversion and forwarding of serial traffic (streams, cells, or packets) from one ...

Boston-based research company The Yankee Group has released a report that says network processors--chips designed to help identify and route data over a computer network--have made significant ...

Service Host Delivery Optimization Service is used to optimize the delivery of services and increase the speed of updates. Additionally, you can use this service to mitigate bandwidth issues during ...