NIC atomic operation unit with caching and bandwidth mitigation

Patent Number: 9,275,003
Issued: 3/1/2016
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Abstract: A network interface controller atomic operation unit and a network interface control method comprising, in an atomic operation unit of a network interface controller, using a write-through cache and employing a rate-limiting functional unit.
Filed: 10/1/2008
Application Number: 12/243,756
Government Interests: STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.