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Why HN was slow and how Rtm fixed it

(ycombinator.com)
257 points pg | 4 comments | 19 Jan 11 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.256s | source
1. kabdib ◴[19 Jan 11 19:00 UTC] No.2120809[source]▶
I worked at a startup once that made a network card that did this type of buffering (wait for whole HTTP requests, then forward as a lump to the host, across a local fast bus).

Pretty whizzy, definitely helped server scaling.

We started shipping in 2001; the dot-com bust more or less canceled any interest in the product, and canceled the company, too . . .

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2. pclark ◴[19 Jan 11 22:13 UTC] No.2121486[source]▶
What was the name of the company/product?
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3. rdj ◴[19 Jan 11 23:12 UTC] No.2121698[source]▶
related but a little different (just FYI): some Intel nics can handle interrupt modulation. Decreased latency but wouldn't fix the open handle/scaling issues here.
4. kabdib ◴[20 Jan 11 05:44 UTC] No.2122805[source]▶
Akamba