2 papers
cs.NI2021
Updating the Theory of Buffer Sizing
Bruce Spang, Serhat Arslan, Nick McKeown
Routers have packet buffers to reduce packet drops during times of congestion. It is important to correctly size the buffer: make it too small, and packets are dropped unnecessaril…
cs.AR2020
The nanoPU: Redesigning the CPU-Network Interface to Minimize RPC Tail Latency
Stephen Ibanez, Alex Mallery, Serhat Arslan +4
The nanoPU is a new networking-optimized CPU designed to minimize tail latency for RPCs. By bypassing the cache and memory hierarchy, the nanoPU directly places arriving messages i…