Fast Network Interface Cards (FastNICs)

Abstract

The Fast Network Interface Cards (FastNICs) program is creating new networking technologies to accelerate the computation of distributed applications. Today's network and computing subsystems are badly out of balance with each other, a result of incremental technology advances in networking and computing market silos. This has produced a bottleneck at the network interface used to connect a machine to an external network, severely limiting the input/output capability. FastNICs will develop new input/output technologies based on more realistic models of complex multiprocessor compute, interconnect, and memory subsystems. FastNICs aims to enable a dramatic increase in computational throughput for distributed applications such as training of machine learning systems.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2025
Source ID
24566fb2984908edac1845fa5eefb6f9

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks

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