Alacritech Scalable Networking Accelerator Hardware Installation Guide (Copper)
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1.2 Description
Alacritech 1000 and 2000 Series Accelerators are Gigabit Ethernet network in-
terface cards that employ Alacritech’s patented SLIC Technology architecture,
a Dynamic TCP Offload™ methodology, which uses an innovative application-
specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for protocol processing.
Products using SLIC Technology architecture increase server performance and
efficiency in a number of ways:
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Protocol processing is offloaded onto the Accelerator, freeing the CPU for ap-
plication processing and maximizing throughput.
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The Alacritech Internet Protocol Processor (IPP) programmable ASIC, opti-
mized for protocol processing, delivers faster performance than general-
purpose CPUs.
The SLIC Technology architecture eliminates the burden of protocol processing
on the host CPU. By offloading protocol processing, Alacritech Accelerators
free the system for application processing, boosting server and storage system
performance.
