Abstract | ||
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Data centers and HPC clusters often incorporate specialized networking fabrics to satisfy system requirements. However, Ethernet's low cost and high performance are causing a shift from specialized fabrics toward standard Ethernet. Although Ethernet's low-level performance approaches that of specialized fabrics, the features that these fabrics provide such as reliable in-order delivery and flow control are implemented, in the case of Ethernet, by endpoint hardware and software. Unfortunately, current Ethernet endpoints are either slow (commodity NICs with generic TCP/IP stacks) or costly (offload engines). To address these issues, the JNIC project developed a novel Ethernet endpoint. JNIC's hardware and software were specifically designed for the requirements of high-performance communications within future data-centers and compute clusters. The architecture combines capabilities already seen in advanced network architectures with new innovations to create a comprehensive solution for scalable and high-performance Ethernet. We envision a JNIC architecture that is suitable for most in-data-center communication needs. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2007 | 10.1145/1362622.1362672 | SC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
prototypes,satisfiability,network architecture,software design,software reliability,computer architecture,flow control,engines,multicore processing,data center,grid computing,tcpip,hardware,software performance,multi core processor | Carrier Ethernet,Ethernet over PDH,Computer science,Parallel computing,Connection-oriented Ethernet,Computer network,ATA over Ethernet,Ethernet over SDH,Metro Ethernet,Industrial Ethernet,Synchronous Ethernet,Embedded system | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
13 | 1.50 | 19 |
Authors | ||
10 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Michael S. Schlansker | 1 | 372 | 43.35 |
Nagabhushan Chitlur | 2 | 13 | 1.50 |
Erwin Oertli | 3 | 60 | 4.09 |
Paul M. Stillwell Jr | 4 | 17 | 2.11 |
Linda Rankin | 5 | 13 | 1.50 |
Dennis Bradford | 6 | 13 | 1.50 |
Richard J. Carter | 7 | 151 | 25.92 |
Jayaram Mudigonda | 8 | 357 | 24.30 |
Nathan Binkert | 9 | 882 | 49.23 |
Norman P. Jouppi | 10 | 6042 | 791.53 |