10Gb/s Ethernet performance and retrospective

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-92

  Pope, Steven ^a   Riddoch, David ^a  

^a Solarflare Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

10Gb s; Ethernet; Performance

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; CPU CORES; NETWORK INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

ETHERNET;

EID: 41549083575     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1232919.1232930     Document Type: Review

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