Modern Network Interface Cards (NICs) incorporate programmable processors, DMA channels, and a significant amount of memory on them. Thus, they are becoming faster, smarter, and intelligent and are being designated as “Active Network Interfaces.” Similar to an executive offloading common tasks to his/her secretary, a modern NIC provides flexibility to offload parts of a communication protocol f...

General switch management protocol (GSMP) is a network open interface between a label switch and a controller, and it provides connection, configuration, event, performance management and synchronization. There will be two considerations for network management services in GSMP interfaces. The first one is what kind of management information base will be used for network management services in G...

Networking servers, such as web servers, have been widely deployed in recent years. While developments in the operating system and applications continue to improve server performance, programmable network interfaces with local memory provide new opportunities to improve server performance through extended network services on the network interface. However, due to their embedded nature, programm...

nanoindentation techniques are widely used for the study of nanomechanical properties of thin nanocomposite coatings. theoretical concepts and practical use of nanoindentation method are summarized with reporting the applications of these tests in characterization of some particular thin nanocomposite hybrid coatings prepared by sol-gel process. the better mechanical properties can be obtained ...