Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference

To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome@real-time.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:01:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0007191036290.17876-100000@garnet.tc.umn.edu>; from mend0070@tc.umn.edu on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:37:42AM -0500
References: <20000719100644.A32381@ringworld.org> <Pine.SOL.4.20.0007191036290.17876-100000@garnet.tc.umn.edu>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i

> Not entirely.  The crossbar switch was something developed by DEC, and
> I'm pretty sure that Compaq just inherited it in the purchase.  But I
> don't doubt that the same performance is achieved elsewhere, whether by
> the same means or not.
	I belive my 1984 copy of Kai Hwang's "Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing" mentions crossbar switches, in the contex of the best (and most expensive) way to build a system bus. I don't recall it being particular to any manufacturer.

Carl Soderstrom
-------------------------------------------------------
Network Engineer
Real-Time Enterprises
(612) 943-8700

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
  - From: Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>

References:
- Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
  - From: Scott Dier <dieman@ringworld.org>
- Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
  - From: Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>

Prev by Date: Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
Next by Date: Re: [TCLUG:19706] env var in cron
Prev by thread: Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
Next by thread: Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread