so Netty just works and it works really well. The API is intuitive, there are a ton of people using, and Trustin is super helpful. Contrast that with zeromq where no one really was answering questions (this was 1.5 years ago, so this may have changed), and the software simply was too easy to break. Even their pre-packaged examples would break with a little bit of stress.

The big thing about netty is that it is java so you aren’t going to set speed records. I was looking at about 1/3 to 1/2 the speed of a simple c++ driver. However the C++ driver wasn’t as richly featured. Still, if you are using Java – you aren’t worrying about maximizing every ounce of speed.

My suggestion is take down Netty and play with it – it’s awesome sauce.

Thanks again

I dont know why I am writing to you.But just felt Ithat I should.

I am sorry for posting this in your photograhy page.Just didnt know how else to reach you.

Thank you.

I heard about it from a friend of mine at Intel (he also took Classes from Soumya). It was sudden; no warning what so ever. This was the Intel writeup:

Krishnamurthy Soumyanath, an Intel Fellow who was director of Intel Labs’ Communications Circuit Research, died unexpectedly on Wednesday while attending a Fellows Forum event in Arizona.

Soumyanath, known to friends as Soumya, had worked at Intel since 1996. Soumya was 53 years old, and is survived by his wife and a 6-year-old daughter who turns 7 next week.

Intel Fellow Krishnamurthy Soumyanath was 53 years old. He had worked at Intel for 14 years.
Soumya held a number of engineering and management positions in the area of semiconductor circuit design. He published more than 50 papers and had more than 30 patents issued.

In his most recent role, he was responsible for leading research and development activity on circuits and architectures for next-generation transceiver devices. His team’s efforts have been focused on increasing the abilities of digital processing in wired and wireless communications systems and in making them compatible with scaled CMOS devices.

A native of India, he most recently worked at Intel’s Jones Farm campus in Oregon. Read his full Intel biography.

Soumya’s wife Amala said today that her husband’s passions extended beyond technology—that he was a lover of art, music, travel, and Tamil literature.

Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner was with Soumya on Tuesday at the Arizona Fellows event in which TMG presented the results of a joint effort to bring RF capability to Intel’s 32nm SoC technology.

Today, Rattner recalled that Soumya “was like a proud parent watching the results of his 10-year mission to make digital radios a reality. It was a very special moment for him, and I feel especially fortunate to have shared it with him.”

Rattner called Soumya “an exceptionally impactful, visible and energetic leader in digital radio and SoC technology. His radio work was extremely well known and appreciated both internally and externally…after a decade of working with him, I will sorely miss Soumya’s ingenuity, integrity, and humor. He was one of those very rare people who worked at the frontiers of technology with such infectious enthusiasm and dedication that you felt blessed to just know him.”

“He was a great man who was funny, direct, full of energy, and extremely fair. I always called him the bundle of energy,” wrote Intel Labs Vice President Vida Ilderem—and Soumya’s manager—in a note this morning to Soumya’s Intel friends.

“In addition to his passion for ‘Digital Radios’ amongst other technical topics, he was also a great artist. We will all miss him and his great legacy,” said Ilderem.

Intel Senior Fellow Kevin Kahn, who nominated Soumya as an Intel Fellow and was a close friend, said today that Soumya’s “intelligence, energy, and unfailingly positive approach to life was an inspiration to everyone who he touched and certainly to me. I will greatly miss him.”

Memorial arrangements are pending. Information on this, as well as the family’s wishes regarding donations or gifts in Soumya’s memory, will be posted here as soon as it is available.

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