Accelerated dedicated NICs - wtf?!

[leondz]

I can't decide if these things sound preposterous or actually really cool:



I'm sure I remember good 3com and Intel NICs having TCP stack processing as far back as the late nineties - what's so special about these things, other than the name, fancy heatsink and - price!!!

[manojjonam10]

If one company can be labeled the "Grandfather" of NIC technology, it is 3Com. The 3C905C-TX is the latest generation of the famous 3Com 3C905 NIC card.

Each generation of the 3C905 series has brought us more features and somewhat lower prices. This card is a Business/Enterprise level NIC card with one of the most complete feature sets currently available.