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An ethernet chip deals with ethernet, at the link layer. TCP is higher up in the stack and not necessary to process ethernet. A few unique network interfaces ar
by peterwwillis 9y ago
An ethernet chip deals with ethernet, at the link layer. TCP is higher up in the stack and not necessary to process ethernet. A few unique network interfaces are designed to process some aspects of IP, and sometimes TCP, to support specific performance demands. TCP will generally be implemented in software/firmware because it's complex and connection-oriented.