A modern normal network card will have onboard an Ethernet controller which, of course, is a pre-programmed microcontroller. Not only does it do the things required to keep a computer on the network, ...

NIC, an acronym for Network Interface Card or Network Interface Controller, is a device installed on a computer for enabling it to connect to a computer network. It is also known as a network or a LAN ...

The BCM5708S NetXtreme II C-NIC network interface controller supports both 1-Gbit/s and advanced 2.5-Gbit/s Ethernet with TCP/IP offload engine, iSCSI, and Remote Direct Memory Access. The chip is ...

The Intel® 82571/82572 Gigabit Ethernet Controller is a single, compact component that offers either one (82572) or two (82571) fully integrated Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) and ...