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What does "for the cloud" even mean? Previous TCP/IP stacks were not able to connect to someone else's computer?
by jedisct1 11y ago
What does "for the cloud" even mean? Previous TCP/IP stacks were not able to connect to someone else's computer?
- ZenoArrow 11y agoThe article suggests that we're looking at a faster TCP/IP stack, with the increased performance based in part on custom hardware. The only real link to the cloud is that cloud hosts are seen as its target market.
- cgh 11y ago"Better suited for the cloud" would probably be better. It looks like it's meant to work with OpenDataPlane. In general, it's another piece in the puzzle of providing heterogenous compute resources without a reliance on a specific kernel or operating system.