Quality of service
In September 2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise transferred two patents to Texas-based wholly owned shell company Plectrum LLC. These two patents were originated at the 3Com Corporation, which was bought by HP in 2010, along with about 1,400 patents. is entitled "Quality of service control mechanism and apparatus," while describes the use of a "high speed cache management unit" which replaces some software-based systems with hardware in order to reduce latency time.