Category Archives: Network Processor

A change in the networking landscape – HP to buy 3Com for 3.1 Billion

The news that HP is to buy 3Com for 3.1 Billion implies a seismic shift in the networking landscape. Cisco will now have to start looking over their shoulders.  This acquisition has the potential to introduce a serious competitor to the lucrative … Continue reading

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Netronome accquire license to develop future generations of Intel 28XXX Network Processors

What was being whispered about has now become reality. Intel are dropping the development of future 28XX network processors and have licensed the technology to Netronome a deep packet inspection startup company. My PhD research focussed on the original NP … Continue reading

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1 million DNS queries per second per CPU product

3C a UK start up has launched an authoritative DNS server that is capable of handling 1 million DNS queries per second per CPU. The product comes in a 1U case and contains two completely separate servers, which provides up … Continue reading

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Cisco accquires a fledgling NP firm

Cisco have announced that they plan to purchase Spanslogic, a 14 person NP firm that was founded in 2004. According to the Spanslogic website – “We are developing a line of products that challenge long-held assumptions about a fundamental function … Continue reading

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HPCA 08 Call for Papers

The International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture is a premier forum for scientists and engineers to present their latest research findings in this rapidly-changing field. Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of high-performance computer architecture. Topics of … Continue reading

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IWSOS 2007 Call for Papers 11 – 13 Sept 2007 England

IWSOS 2007 Call for Papers ========================== New Trends in Network Architectures and Services: 2nd International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS 2007) The IWSOS 2007 workshop will be held on 11-13 September in the English Lake District, organized by the Computing … Continue reading

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EuroMicro Component-Based Software Engineering – Call for Papers

EUROMICRO CONFERENCE on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Track Lubeck, Germany, August 27-31, 2007 http://www.idt.mdh.se/ecbse/2007 ============================================= IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of papers: March 23rd, 2007 Notification of acceptance: May 3th, 2007 Camera-ready paper due: June 9th, 2007 … Continue reading

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ICSPC07 Call for Papers – deadline Apr 2nd

The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSPC07) will be held 24-27 November 2007 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, special, regular and poster sessions. All papers will be peer reviewed. … Continue reading

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Those crazy vikings – Joost and how it will work

Wired have a fascinating article on the mad vikings behind Joost and how it will work. The article is indepth and highlights the potential Joost has to shake up the traditional broadcasting business. The same way skype shook up the … Continue reading

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ANCS 06 – Another interesting and successful conference

ANCS 06 drew to a close last Tuesday evening. I am now back at my desk in Ireland and my soul has now caught up with my translocated jet lagged body. It was well worth the trip however. The keynote … Continue reading

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