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But in that case, wouldn't it be more efficient to put a processing core on/near the NIC, and do simple responses without even bothering the main CPU? I mean, i
by tremon 2y ago
But in that case, wouldn't it be more efficient to put a processing core on/near the NIC, and do simple responses without even bothering the main CPU? I mean, if your "process some stuff" doesn't need data from RAM, it doesn't need to involve the main CPU either.
- crote 2y agoPretty much, yeah! But the only NICs with compute that I'm aware of use quite expensive FPGAs. Being able to use off-the-shelf hardware would be far cheaper, far easier to develop for, and far more flexible.