> 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org