From: Wolfgang Henke (no email)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 13:15:45 EDT
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> > 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.
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