On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
PCI is 33mhz at 32bits = about a gigabit per second. Fast PCI is 66mhz, and a fast 64bit PCI standard is coming, which yields 4Gbps across the bus. Now, admittedly, you can't get that fully -- but if you claim you can't get a mere 45mbps across the bus per second you are doing something desperately wrong and stupid, like making the main CPU deal with *way* too much of the work. Of course, most serial communications companies ARE doing things desperately wrong and stupid, but that another story...
I'm not sure how the person who was discussing it on the other list was doing it.. maybe they were talking about ISA ;) In any case, I'd be pretty fearful of running OC-level bandwidth over a PC... "Gee, the corporate network went down because the router's hard drive crashed!" Chris Chris Wilson (CW40) | http://www.atlantic.net Internet Connect Company | Dial-up access * Web hosting Sales: 800-422-2936 Support: 800-921-9328 | Leased lines * News services