Ensō - A Streaming Interface for NIC-Application Communication

Explore a groundbreaking approach to NIC-application communication in this 15-minute conference talk from OSDI '23. Dive into Ensō, a novel streaming interface designed to address the limitations of traditional packetized interfaces in modern networking environments. Learn how Ensō's streamlined approach reduces software complexity, minimizes I/O overheads, and significantly enhances communication performance. Discover the benefits of this innovative interface, including its ability to saturate a 100 Gbps link with minimum-sized packets using a single core, improve throughput for high-performance network applications by 1.5-6x, and reduce latency by up to 43%. Gain insights into the evolving landscape of NICs and networked software, and understand how Ensō's design better aligns with the features of modern hardware and software architectures.