On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > 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. I'll check my facts. I know that there was *a* crossbar switch developed by DEC, and it was a big huge project. I think it earned a couple of patents, but no doubt there is more than one way to skin a cat with that many variables. -- Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org