{"id":5403,"date":"2006-05-24T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/windowsserver\/2006\/05\/24\/scalable-networking-pack-makes-debut-at-winhec-06\/"},"modified":"2020-12-22T16:06:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:06:19","slug":"scalable-networking-pack-makes-debut-at-winhec-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2006\/05\/24\/scalable-networking-pack-makes-debut-at-winhec-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalable Networking Pack Makes Debut at WinHEC ’06"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning, during Bob Muglia’s keynote address<\/a> to WinHEC 2006<\/a>, we officially launched the Scalable Networking Pack<\/a> for Windows Server 2003!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The Scalable Networking Pack introduces a number of architectural innovations to Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later) that enables support for the next generation of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell, we’re talking about reducing the CPU overhead associated to networking by offloading this processing to a specialize network adapter.\u00a0 Similar to how the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) helped usher in the age of offloaded graphics processing and increased 3D computer graphics performance, Scalable Networking Pack enhancements will be doing the same for network I\/O processing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Included in the “Pack”, which is\u00a0available\u00a0today for download<\/a> at no cost,\u00a0are three new technologies:<\/span><\/p>\n