While this continually reprogrammable coprocessor will eventually accelerate a range of functions without human intervention, the first commercial application for Nuron's AcB is SSL encryption acceleration, which speeds the processing of VeriSign-enabled secured transactions by accelerating the server to handle 1,400 transactions per second. This results in site-wide performance enhancements and improves the overall customer experience with secure websites. Founded in 1998 by Open Source advocate and active Linux community member Sam Ockman, Penguin Computing is based in San Francisco, Calif. and is privately held. Linux, an Open Source version of UNIX, is increasingly popular as an operating system for server computers. About Nuron Nuron is the leading developer and inventor of fluid processing, a new class of technology that will mean a significant leap forward in the speed and efficiency of computer processing.
Fluid processing integrates programmable logic as a coprocessor in a mainstream computing system.
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