Re: Which pipe dream should we be smoking? (was Re: Possible topic?)

Aren't all the Gigaswitches from DEC ATM backed anyway? (FDDI is an emulation on an OC3/12 card slot?) That's what the DEC literature seemed to say when I perused it last.

Not. Gigaswitch is a crossbar-based _packet_ switch. I recall reading fairly comprehensive article on its internals. Most likely it is still available from somewhere on Internet. If i understand correctly, its ATM interfaces do packet shredding/reassembly. --vadim