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Tony Li wrote: >So the problem is that as we approach higher speed (post-7500) interfaces, >you're forced into more specialized hardware. At this point, not having an >SSE ASIC becomes somewhat silly. The rest of the board is ASICs, which in >volume end up cheaper than processors... There's not enough volume in high-end box market to get to the break-even point on the price-performance. Providing that there's a way to get a bunch of cheapo CPUs to do the job. And don't forget the DRAM vs SRAM issue. I did the arithmetic. --vadim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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