PC gamers and longtime HotHardware readers will no doubt be familiar with the Killer series of network controllers. We?ve taken a look at a number of the add-in versions over the years, including the original beast with the massive ?K? heatsink. Many of today's gamer-targeted motherboards also feature Killer networking technology, for example.

Though at their core Killer NICs are network controllers, that function just like more basic, mainstream solutions, they offer additional features designed to enhance performance and potentially improve the gaming experience. How the Killer NICs work their magic isn't quite clear to gamers, however, so we thought we?d chat with the folks at Rivet Networks ? the current purveyors of Killer Networking product ? to learn more about what the company is up to and where it's headed...