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To: fyodor_ who wrote (79319)	5/4/2002 10:54:57 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: The function of a Transmission Off-load Engine is to… well… take the load off of the CPU, by handling much of the work needed when processing TCP/IP frames. Needless to say, the TOE works in concert with the NIC and does not overlap in functionality. It's one of the classic uses for an embedded processor. Typically seen in "server" NICs, that reduce the load on the server's CPU. They've been around for a long time. The card follows a client NIC -- the 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI NIC released in October that also offloads encryption. Both support encryption offloads for Windows 95 and 98, as well. The concept of offloading network processing from the server CPU is not new. 3Com has offered offloading of some networking functionality on its cards since 1998. 101com.com Intel has trumpeted in a press release that it renamed an existing product offered by others, as though Intel now offers something unique and innovative. Meanwhile AMD has produced a significantly improved solution to the problem. Intel's approach is like AMD's, except that with Intel's approach you need extra chips, and have to get the chips to talk to each other. AMD has put the whole solution on one piece of silicon.