Data processing and transmission using hardware serialization and deserialization functions

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a first device, a data packet from a second device over a network, the data packet comprising a header and payload data;
• determining, by a network interface controller of the first device, that the header indicates the payload data comprises serialized data;
• deserializing, by the network interface controller, the serialized data;
• and
• storing, by the network interface controller, deserialized data in a memory of the first device for further processing by a processor of the first device, the processor being different from the network interface controller, the memory being external to the network interface controller and the processor and accessible by the processor.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a first device, cause the first device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at the first device, a data packet from a second device over a network, the data packet comprising a header and payload data;
• determining, by a network interface controller of the first device, that the header indicates the payload data comprises serialized data;
• deserializing, by the network interface controller, the serialized data;
• and
• storing, by the network interface controller, deserialized data in a memory of the first device for further processing by a processor of the first device, the processor being different from the network interface controller, the memory being external to the network interface controller and the processor and accessible by the processor.