[rescue] Sun 711

[nick at snowman.net]

I think both of you have the i860 (predecessor to Itanic) confused with
i960 (dedicated I/O controller used on ~80% of raid cards out there).  If
not is the i860 really still in common use?
	Nick

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:

> 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
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire                                 "Mmmm.  Big."
> St. Petersburg, FL                                -Den
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