Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:09:15 +0200 | From | Lennert Buytenhek <> | Subject | Re: The ultimate TOE design |
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 06:21:35AM -0700, Leonid Grossman wrote:
> > > And at 10GbE, embedded CPUs just don't cut it - it has to be custom > > > ASIC (granted, with some means to simplify debugging and reduce the > > > risk of hw bugs and TCP changes). > > > > Intel's IXP2800 can do 10GbE. > > Hi Lennert,
Hello,
> I was referring to the server side. > One can certanly build a 10GbE box based on IPX2800 (or some other parts), > but at 17-25W it is not usable in NICs since the entire PCI card budget is > less than that - nothing left for 10GbE PHY, memory, etc.
Ah, ok, that makes sense. As someone else also noted, the IXP2800 only has a 64/66 PCI interface anyway, so it wouldn't really be suitable for the task you were referring to.
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