A good read
I remember the installation of the first high speed internet connection. It was about eight years ago. The Time Warner Cable service technician came to house. At the time, a desktop computer did not have an ethernet card. It did not have the TCP/IP connection. The phone modem was the computer's only connection to the outside world, and it was a separate little box.
The technician installed the TCP/IP ethernet card in the computer for about $180, plugged in the cable modem, and magically we had a high speed connection for $39.95 per month.
Those older generation desktops only had one chip which ran all the functions in the whole machine. Today's desktops are geared up to handle a lot more functionality than the early generations. Today our computers are bombarded with data in all forms from external sources: i.e. audio, video, data, graphics, etc. All this information flows in and out of your computer through your ethernet card.
When our parents were children they had one family doctor. You went to your family doctor for all ailments; broken arms, stomach pains, headaches, and diseases were all treated by your family doctor. Today you have a specialist for every conceivable ailment.
Twenty years ago one chip ran your computer. The computer chip has evolved like the medical profession. Today you have specialist chips within your computer. The main CPU handles the majority of the processing. However, you may have a special graphics card with an associated special graphics chip which helps alleviate the load on the main CPU.
Adaptec's latest ethernet cart contains a high tech chip which works on a specialized TCP/IP architecture known as TCP/IP Offload Engine or TOE(you know how the techies love acronyms for everything). Both Intel and Broadcom make a similar product.
This ethernet card comes with a highly specialized chip designed to handle the massive amounts of data which can flow in and out of your computer through whatever network you are on. Without this new high tech architecture, the main CPU helps process the data, which slows down every thing else it should be working on. As more information flows through your network, the ethernet card becomes a much tighter bottleneck.
You won't find this new high speed ethernet card in your typical $1,000 Dell box. The reason is simple. If you go into your local Comp USA you will find that this new high speed ethernet card costs about $650. The one Dell puts in a $1,000 box runs about $60. The cost difference is mostly due to the price of the special high speed chip on the card.
According to Moore's law, processing speed doubles and the prices get cut in half every 18 months. The subject of today's idea, Perfisans, is in the business of making sure Mr. Moore's law lives on.
Perfisans (OTC BB: PFNH): Ready to Compete With a Lower Priced Product
This is the Perfisans specialized microprocessor, more commonly known as a computer chip. It has been in development since 2001. $8 million has been invested in the development of this chip, and the majority of the experimentation was done in China, where $8 million could equate to $30 million in the US.
Perfisans have completed product development and is currently demonstrating the ACC-1001 Accelerator chip to networking companies world wide.
Steve Gormley, Vice President of Perfisans stated, "Obviously, having our signature product ready for market is a huge boost for us. This technology has been years in the making - in specific response to consumer demands. Our proprietary architecture makes chips faster and more efficient, and allows for the creation of an entire suite of products that meet a variety of price points."
What raise eyebrows is how Perfisans ACC-1001 works. The ACC-1001 frees up the host processor, significantly increasing data throughput and fully backward compatible with legacy 10/100 megabit Ethernet systems, thus avoiding additional equipment costs for ISPs. In much the same way an upgrade to a faster CPU increases the processing power of a computer, Perfisans' microchip increases the speed of the processing power of network and internet connections in existing and new equipment.
This is a specialized chip which is designed to be included in the architecture of an ethernet card.The great thing is that it's faster and considerably cheaper than any other solutions.
When installed in a desk top computer, processing speed will improve considerably as these smart NICs (network interface cards) will take up to 80% of TCP network processing overhead off network host computers. According to VP Steve Gormley “This frees the rest of the system to concentrate on pumping the payload data,”. “It's a powerful solution that provides meaningful cost-savings and other benefits to users of enterprise networks."
In short, your networked computer will be much faster with this chip on your ethernet card. The chip is so much cheaper(much better ratio price/performance) than the Adaptec product that it might be just a question of time before PFNH start its meteoric rise "a la Adaptec in the 90's". |
