Alacritech 1000 and 2000 Series Accelerators are Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards that employ Alacritech’s patented SLIC Technology architecture,
aDynamic 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:
•Protocol processing is offloaded onto the Accelerator, freeing the CPU for ap- plication processing and maximizing throughput.
•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.
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