Frame shared memory: line-rate networking on commodity hardware

Network processors provide an economical programmable platform to handle the high throughput and frame rates of modern and next-generation communication systems. However, these platforms have exchanged general-purpose capabilities for performance. This paper presents an alternative; a software network processor (Soft-NP) framework using commodity generalpurpose platforms capable of high-rate and throughput sequential frame processing compatible with high-level languages and general-purpose operating systems. A cacheoptimized concurrent lock free queue provides the necessary low-overhead core-to-core communication for sustained se

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ANCS
• Authors: John Giacomoni, John K. Bennett, Antonio Carzaniga, Douglas C. Sicker, Manish Vachharajani, Alexander L. Wolf
• Keywords: ANCS 2007, Computer Networks, Economical Programmable Platform, General-purpose Operating Systems, Network Processor