17 May
2000
17 May
'00
1:15 p.m.
In any case, I think the point is made that we can talk all we want about how we want <insert router vendor name here> to provide a truly high-end router that solves everything, but the reality of the cost pressure does need to be considered....
That is one major point, maybe the entire point.
This suggests a generally flatter architecture, maybe parallel. Still remember the supercomputer discussions a few years back when experts argued if either KSR or Thinking Machines is going to be *the* big win? And today when you need a lot of processing e.g. for rendering, you simply stick a couple dozen Pentiums on a fast switched ethernet.