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Date:      Sun, 26 May 1996 07:07:24 +0900 (JST)
From:      Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To:        Andrew McRae <amcrae@cisco.com>
Cc:        dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The view from here (was Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU)
Message-ID:  <Pine.SV4.3.93.960526065914.17187A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <199605251840.LAA08624@doberman.cisco.com>

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On Sat, 25 May 1996, Andrew McRae wrote:

> number are talking about here? Generally the bottleneck is
> CPU performance, not the bus bandwidth.  Cisco's performance
> numbers *are* measured values, *not* calculated theoretical numbers.

What CPU's are Cisco using these days?  Are they still 68000's?  They were
a good choice a while back, but there must be some "moving to the next
generation" pains now.

I heard there's porting work being done to Intel because of the Compaq
deal.  I guess Cisco wants to take a stab at the high volume market.

-mh




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