INDUSTRY

NetEffect Inc., a leader in developing high-performance networking silicon, announced that chief architect Brian Hausauer is presenting at this week's Network Systems Design Conference in San Jose, Oct. 19 - 21. Hausauer's presentation, "Accelerating iWARP," will focus on NetEffect's implementation of iWARP, highlighting for the first time the architecture of NetEffect's initial product family. This presentation will focus on the architecture of the company's iWARP solution and will discuss features that are required for data-center applications such as networking, clustering, and storage. Hausauer, chief architect at NetEffect, has over 15 years experience designing servers and server I/O subsystems at Compaq, Banderacom, and NetEffect. At Compaq, Hausauer was responsible for multiprocessor server architecture and chipset design. At Banderacom, he brought critical understanding of server architecture into Banderacom's InfiniBand design team. Hausauer is currently working on the next-generation 10Gb Ethernet iWARP adapter. He holds 15 patents covering I/O interconnect technology and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.