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In article <1993Jan3.134441.26055@dvorak.amd.com> tdbear@dvorak.amd.com 
(Thomas D. Barrett) writes:

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 :)

Tom,

  You're right of course (must have been Holiday senility on my part). Having
access to a common model (Verrilog, VHDL, or some such) for the ASIC would be
a real plus. Actually, a bus transactor model would be a win as well. It would
certainly tend to cut down on the issues of platform compatibility that seem
to plauge a lot of the third party option world. Given a reasonably thorough
model, there should be a lot less chance of having an option card work on one
system platform and not on another one (I don't expect there to be any absolute
solutions to this problem of course; I'm idealistic, not foolish ;-) and there
are simply too many folks who will choose not to verify their designs).

  So add such a model to my list of items that should be supplied for this new
interconnect.

Still just my own 2 cents (which will hopefully be worth more in a 93 economy).

				Thanx,
				  AJ


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