Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to efficient compression processing in system
architectures including a control plane and a data plane. Particular implementations feature …

As modern operating systems and software become larger and more complex, they are
more likely to contain bugs, which may allow attackers to gain illegitimate access. A fast and …

Computer systems increasingly rely on heterogeneity to achieve greater performance,
scalability and energy efficiency. Because heterogeneous systems typically comprise …

While industry is making rapid advances in system virtualization, for server consolidation
and for improving system maintenance and management, it has not yet become clear how …

An example embodiment of the invention provides a process for lockless processing of
hierarchical bandwidth partitions configurations in multiple processor architectures. In one …

As next-generation computer worms may spread within minutes to millions of hosts,
protection via human intervention is no longer an option. We discuss the implementation of …

Modern commodity operating systems do not provide developers with user-space
abstractions for building high-speed packet processing applications. The conventional raw …

One problem encountered while monitoring gigabit networks, is the need to filter only those
packets that are interesting for a given task while ignoring the others. Popular packet filtering …

This paper presents Swift, a packet filter for high performance packet capture on commercial
off-the-shelf hardware. The key features of Swift include (1) extremely low filter update …

Abeltway mechanism that takes advantage of atomic locking US PATENT DOCUMENTS
mechanisms supported by certain classes of hardware proces 6,182,146 B1 1/2001 Graham …