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- From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: COMPAQ PROPOSED SCALABLE I/O ARCHITECTURE
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.130822.8848@dvorak.amd.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 13:08:22 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.235011.17202@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> <1992Dec17.100528.62134@cc.usu.edu> <1992Dec17.190553.17417@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
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- In article <1992Dec17.190553.17417@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> simonich@croatia.eng.hou.compaq.com (Chris Simonich) writes:
- >
- >Uh, why do you assume an ASIC is required?
-
- Chris, what else would be small enough to pack and unpack all of the
- sideband signals (irqs, reqs/acks, parity, etc.). That is why I made
- the statement about using fiber optics instead of the 8-channels of
- data... packetizing the sideband signals is great, but the technology
- won't be available until '94 or late '93. Sooooo, why not use the
- fiber technology which should be around then? A Vcc, 2 GNDs, and 1
- fiber cable :)
-
- Tom
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