TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for an SOC System

TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for an SOC System
Nios II Embedded Processor Design Contest―Outstanding Designs 2005




Third Prize


TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) for an
SOC System

Institution: Institute of Computer & Communication Engineering, National
Cheng Kung University

Participants: Zhan Bokai and Yu Chengye

Instructor: Chen Zhonghe




Design Introduction
Today, the Internet plays an important role in everyone’s life. The 100-Mbps network system has
become very popular in schools and offices, while the 1-Gbps network system is deployed in server host
networks such as large portal websites and Storage Area Networks (SAN). Meanwhile, the Internet
SCSI (iSCSI) protocol is recognized as the new standard for the emerging network storage
technology―networking of storage component. Howev