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- From: john@theus.rain.com (John Theus)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: what is a non-split transaction bus called?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.074459.16445@theus.rain.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 07:44:59 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.011046.12931@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <dbg-270792201001@kinetics.slac.stanford.edu>
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- In article <dbg-270792201001@kinetics.slac.stanford.edu> dbg@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (David Gustavson) writes:
- >The IEEE standards seem to be adopting "unified transactions" for those
- >that are not split, at least in an environment that permits both kinds.
- >
- Dave should have said that some IEEE standards (ie p1394; any other protocol
- standards?) use that phrase. The IEEE bus standards I'm involved in use
- "connected transaction".
-
- Terminology as well as several other minor topics continue to be areas for
- major turf battles between different sponsors within the IEEE -- in this case
- the MSC (Microprocessor Standards Committee) vs. the BASC (Bus Architecture
- Standards Committee).
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- John Theus TheUs Group +1 503 625 7387 john@theus.rain.com
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