Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!elroy!david From: david@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (David Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: IP protocol on a chip(s) Message-ID: <4994@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 19:40:35 EST Article-I.D.: elroy.4994 Posted: Tue Dec 8 19:40:35 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 15:39:52 EST Organization: Image Analysis Systems Grp, JPL Lines: 22 Keywords: Faster IP? I frequently hear that TCP/IP is too slow of a protocol. I have seen good ethernet boards on a Sun push packets as fast as 5Mbps and claims of Crays pushing > 10Mbps on hyperchannels. The throughput on most machines appears to be the speed that the CPU can process the packets, whether the CPU is the main CPU or an on board CPU. To increase TCP/IP performance has anyone looked into making an IP protocol chip or chipset? Would this be practical to do given the complexity of IP? IP on a chip would also be interesting from a routing point of view. Any comments on the idea and potential problems that I may not have thought of? -- David Robinson elroy!david@csvax.caltech.edu ARPA david@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov ARPA {cit-vax,ames}!elroy!david UUCP Disclaimer: No one listens to me anyway!