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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:38:40 +0000
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? 
Message-ID:  <E10QWoq-0003mb-00@fanf.noc.demon.net>
In-Reply-To: <199903220200.SAA02330@dingo.cdrom.com>
References:  <199903220058.TAA17538@etinc.com>

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Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote:
>> At 12:13 PM 3/21/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> >Does anyone know when the faster PCI busses (64bits or 66MHz PCI
>> >clock rate) are going to be availabe ?
>> 
>> The "availability" of 66Mhz busses is almost moot. Making ASICs
>> work at 33mhz is a chore....66mhz is a waze off.
>
>That's close, but several of the major ASIC vendors were (or were
>claiming to be) sampling devices with 66MHz PCI macrocells the last
>time I looked.

Aren't the electrical requirements on motherboards at least as
problematic as the availability of ASICs?

Tony.
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f.a.n.finch  dot@dotat.at  fanf@demon.net


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