Method and apparatus for distributing network traffic processing on a multiprocessor computer

LB Boucher, SEJ Blightman, PK Craft… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
An intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD)
works with a host computer for data communication. The device provides a fast-path that …

Mechanism to schedule threads on OS-sequestered sequencers without operating system intervention

RA Hankins, H Wang, GN Chinya, TA Diep… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Method, apparatus and system embodiments to schedule OS independent" shreds' without
intervention of an operating system. For at least one embodiment, the shred is scheduled for …

Intelligent network storage interface device

DD Starr, CM Philbrick, LB Boucher - US Patent 8,621,101, 2013 - Google Patents
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Snapshot interface operations

P Chaudhary, JE Goscinski, RK Govindaraju… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
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Accelerating data transfer in a virtual computer system with tightly coupled TCP connections

DD Starr, PK Craft, CM Philbrick - US Patent 8,539,513, 2013 - Google Patents
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TCP/IP offload device

PK Craft, CM Philbrick, LB Boucher, DA Higgen… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A host CPU runs a network protocol processing stack that provides
instructions not only to process network messages but also to allocate processing of certain …