Bigfoot Networks Releases White Paper Unveiling The Technology Behind The Killer NIC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUSTIN, Texas - July 27, 2006 - Bigfoot Networks, Inc., a research and development company, today published its latest white paper discussing the details of the online game performance enhancing technology inside the Killer NIC. The white paper explains specifically how LLRTM Technology allows Killer to make online games faster and play with more Frames-per-second (FPS). The white paper is available for download on the "Tech Specs" section of www.killernic.com.
"Ever since Bigfoot announced LLR Technology, and now the Killer NIC, we have been swamped with questions from gamers and the media who want to know exactly how the Killer does what it does," says Harlan 'Tytus' Beverly, CEO of Bigfoot Networks. "With the introduction of the Killer and our newly published white paper, we are finally able to explain how our patent pending technology dramatically improves online gaming performance."
At the heart of Killer is LLR Technology which is a UDP (User Datagram Protocol) offload engine designed specifically to handle game network traffic. Almost every major online game that hardcore gamers play uses UDP as its primary protocol, which is why TCP Offload Engines don't normally improve online game play. Unlike newly released gaming products, the Killer does not require game developers to integrate support and it improves online game-play right out of the box.
Harlan Beverly, Bigfoot Networks CEO, also frequently answers questions from gamers and others in the gaming and technology industry on the forums of www.endlagnow.org, a site devoted to fighting Lag in online video games.
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About the Killer NIC
The Killer NIC is a Network Interface Card powered by LLR Technology and offers gamers superior speed and performance in their online games. Killer's 400 MHz Network Processing Unit (NPU) and 64 MB of dedicated DDR is one of the first applications of Corporate Network Acceleration Technology introduced to the consumer market. The Killer NIC offers improved gaming performance, standard NIC functionality, and has an onboard USB 2.0 port as part of its Flexible Network Architecture (FNA) which allows gamers to write their own applications to run on the NPU.
About LLRTM Technology
LLRTM Technology is a hardware chipset which includes a Network Processing Unit specially designed to accelerate video games. LLR works by getting data to video games faster, more reliably, and with less system resources. Gamers who buy products designed with LLR benefit from less Lag because the technology reduces ping (latency), reduces the effects of Internet problems such as packet loss, and provides as much as a speed-grade worth of processor speed, yielding more Frames-Per-Second.
About Bigfoot Networks
Bigfoot Networks is an innovative Austin-based start-up company that is dedicated to making the online gaming experience both faster and more fun. With roots from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, the company was formed by a team of Executive MBA graduates to develop hardware products that improve performance and reduce Lag in online video games. The company won numerous awards, including the 2005 Fortune Small Business Award and the prestigious 2005 Moot Corp Competition at the University of Texas. The company recently received $4 million in funding from Venio Capital Partners, and is a member of the Austin Technology Incubator.
For more information, contact:
Aaron De Lucia
Porter Novelli for Bigfoot Networks
(512) 241-2249
aaron.delucia@porternovelli.com