To accelerate distributed applications and close the yawning performance gap, DARPA initiated the Fast Network Interface Cards (FastNICs) program. FastNICs seeks to improve network stack performance by a factor of 100 through the creation of clean-slate networking approaches. Enabling this significant performance gain will require a rework of the entire network stack – from the application layer through the system software layer, down to the hardware.
The report analyses and quantifies market opportunities of Fast Network Interface Cards across different segments of government and enterprise markets.
