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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: <1993Jan3.134441.26055@dvorak.amd.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 13:44:41 GMT
- References: <AJC.92Dec19132456@thendara.pa.dec.com> <BzoL0q.3zr.2@cs.cmu.edu> <AJC.93Jan1182933@thendara.pa.dec.com>
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- In article <AJC.93Jan1182933@thendara.pa.dec.com> ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) writes:
- > However, my point was that COMPAQ could also provide a common interface ASIC,
- >equivalent to the TcIA, that would provide a very cheap cut and paste logic for
- >Option card vendors that would provide a lowest risk path for migrating their
- >current designs to this new interconnect.
-
- Good point AJ... but having the design and the simulation of the
- design shared by more of the members would insure the openess and help
- get the ball rolling faster. Mind you, though, I'm not volunteering
- unless you folks want a DABL model :)
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