Re: Compaq's Proposed Scalable I/O Architecture

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From: John Nagle
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 03:10

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     A few questions:

     - Presumably there is a card form-factor and connector defined for
       this standard.  Could you say more about that?

     - Similarly, there is presumably an inter-box cable and connector
       defined, or will be.  Comments?  Incidentally, are the signals
       differential-drive, or do we have to worry about common-mode noise
       and grounding?  And do peripheral devices get to draw power from
       the big box over this interface?

     - Given that Microsoft's NT supports multiprocessors (16 CPUs have
       been demonstrated) and Compaq's position as a high-end vendor for
       Microsoft-compatible iron, I'm suprised that Compaq is proposing an
       I/O architecture that is single-CPU oriented.  Why?

     - Another likely multiprocessor application appears in laptop-type
       "docking stations", where the laptop plugs into a desktop machine.
       Is this bus suitable for that application?

					John Nagle

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