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Date:      Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:59:44 -0500
From:      W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>
To:        dillon@apollo.backplane.com, fkittred@mail.gwi.net
Cc:        hasty@rah.star-gate.com, wes@softweyr.com, ckempf@enigami.com, wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? 
Message-ID:  <19990314215944E.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:13:34 -0500" <199903150113.UAA23160@mail.gwi.net>
References:  <199903150113.UAA23160@mail.gwi.net>

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From: Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@mail.gwi.net>
> 
> Basically I think the answer is that the buffers and the logic get so
> huge, the cost of the card would be prohibitive.
> 

Erm... Depends on what one wants to do with it  :)

I believe certain market segments would welcome a Gigabit
Ethernet subsystem on a Rambus with huge memory buffers.

Cheers,

Jerry Hicks
wghicks@bellsouth.net


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