These adapters might be slowing down your entire PC (but they don't have to) ...

A network card (also called a network adapter, network interface card, or NIC for short) acts as the interface between a computer and a network cable. The purpose of the network card is to prepare, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One-Port and Two-Port PCIe(R) Network Adapter Cards are OS X(R)-, Windows(R)-, and Thunderbolt(TM ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. One of the many features laptops lost as they became ...

Have you ever heard of the Network Adapter? It’s a critical hardware component found in almost every modern computer. Without it, your computer will still be a powerful machine, but it will lack ...

As far as consumer network hardware goes, we’re all expected to be pretty happy with 802.11n WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet over Cat 6 cables. For most home users, that’s plenty of bandwidth for streaming ...

A new network chip from Realtek enables inexpensive adapters with 5 Gigabit Ethernet. It starts at less than 10 euros per import. The chip designer Realtek has launched the RTL8126 network chip, which ...

Microsoft Corp.’s engineers are working on a custom network card for its data centers, The Information reported today. A source told the publication that the development effort could take more than a ...

Offloading parts of the network stack from processors to specialized circuits on network adapter cards is not a new idea. The InfiniBand cards used by HPC centers have been doing this to speed up ...

Sonnet Technologies has announced the launch of its Presto 10GbE 1-Port and Presto 10GbE Server 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) PCIe cards. These Sonnet adapter cards enable users to connect their ...