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Article #21774Re: _really_ ciscy (Futurebus+)
From: John Theus;685-2564;61-183;625-6...
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 06:59
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 06:59
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In article <1328@atha.AthabascaU.CA> rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander) writes: >des@dtg.nsc.com (Desmond Young) writes: > >>Anyway, if you want to go fast, it has too much baggage. >>My Opinion etc. > > Agreed. Ok, guys, let's hear some specifics. What is the baggage that will prevent Futurebus+ from going fast? Where did we blow it? As I stated in a previous posting, we expect to be building Futurebus+ hardware in the coming year that can sustain 500 Mbytes/sec on a 64 bit wide data path. The questions that immediately come to mind are either this does meet your definition for "fast", or you don't believe we can deliver this bandwidth. Some background for your comments would be helpful. Thanks. John Theus johnt@opus.wv.tek.com Futurebus+ Parallel Protocol Coordinator Tektronix, Inc. Interactive Technologies Div. - shipping the Futurebus-based XD88 workstations
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!orca.wv.tek.com!leia!opus!johnt From: johnt@opus.WV.TEK.COM (John Theus;685-2564;61-183;625-6654;hammer) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: _really_ ciscy (Futurebus+) Keywords: Futurebus Message-ID: <276@leia.WV.TEK.COM> Date: 19 Dec 89 06:59:40 GMT References: <7172@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <112400007@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <390@blenheim.nsc.com> <411@blenheim.nsc.com> <1328@atha.AthabascaU.CA> Sender: johnt@leia.WV.TEK.COM Reply-To: johnt@opus.WV.TEK.COM (John Theus) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR Lines: 23