9 May
1997
9 May
'97
10:20 p.m.
Part of the story. US, Japanese and European telco manufacturers had different perceptions of 'optimal' atm cell size. Depending upon the mix voice/video/data different results were obtained; believe 32 and 64 byte were mentioned. The powers that be decided upon a compromise and chose a value 'in the middle' causing everyone to redesign their equipment. The compromise value was not a power of two. Must have been '89 or thereabouts.
Yep...Microprocessors and powers of two don't have any special relationship. Could the ITU really put politics over technical requirements? Gee, sounds like a good orginization to help out with the DNS. (Yeah, I know, I know. The ITU is "better" now.) pbd -- Why can't you be a non-conformist like everyone else?