Intel Quick Assist Adapter 8970 features industry leading security & compression hardware acceleration performance. It supports Industry standard Server form factor constraints & thermal needs. Virtualization support, one physical adapter to be used for several virtual Data Center Applications using Single Root IO Virtualization (SRIOV) Technology. Intel Quick Assist Library support provides an acceleration stack with a common developer interface for both application & accelerator function developers. Intel Quick Assist application programming interface (APIs) support & driver capabilities for industry standard Operating Systems. Complete & versatile acceleration stack for compute-intensive security, networking, storage, and communications markets. Supports Industry Standard security algorithms for VPN, SSL/TLS, IPSec & Firewall Applications.