News Intel Acquires Killer Wi-Fi Owner Rivet Networks

[Admin]

Intel has acquired Rivet Networks, owner of the Killer brand and a competitor in gaming laptops.

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[tom10167]

do the world a favor and destroy the drivers, IP, and brand.

 

[setx]

do the world a favor and destroy the drivers, IP, and brand.

This. Please do it.

 

[bit_user]

I'll admit I always thought they were just a gimmick. I never imagined they'd stick around this long (going back at least to 2006).

(Credit: Anandtech )​

 

[digitalgriffin]

Killer NICs were an interesting curiosity. They employed a Linux stack on the chip so that it could handle all the work of rearranging and handling packets and ping without the need for CPU intervention.

There were some minor benefits if your PC tended to be network heavy (Stream and play for example) But it really doesn't solve the problem of the edge (router/gateway) having enough bandwidth. With today's household families using multiple gaming and streaming devices at once, this makes killer kind of moot.

I would prefer a good Router like untangle, or DUMA OS (high end netgear), or pfSense. The first and last my preference because installing 10gb NICs intel NICs is easy.