[rescue] Sun 711

[Dave McGuire]

On May 2, Chris Byrne wrote:
> You mean other than the massive kickbacks and huge discounts it offers
> manufacturers who develop or implement "new applications" (i.e. sticking
> them where they don't belong) for Intel processor technologies?

  Yeah, those. :-/

> Actually Intel makes a processor well suited for high bandwidth I/O. It's
> called the i860 and is used in quite a few controllers ;-)

  Ahh, one of their last *good* processor designs.

> Remember, its not the suitability (or lack thereof) of the processor that's
> the problem, its the motherboard architecture that's the problem.

  Agreed.  Though their processor design borders on the absurd.

       -Dave

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