Microcontrollers/ASICs v. General Purpose Microprocessors -- WAS: Opteron Vs. Athlon X2

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 18:02 -0500, Mark Hahn wrote:
> Myri does 803.3ae standard 10G ethernet.

Sigh.
Myrinet can _emulate_ 802.3 Ethernet, with all its associated overhead.
But Myrinet has its own, native frame protocol as well.

Neither are as efficient as a local HyperTransport mesh in a PCB.


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