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Re: pci extensions (was: *New* PCI bus standard?)
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- Subject: Re: pci extensions (was: *New* PCI bus standard?)
- From: Mike Dini <mdini@dinigroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:32:40 -0700
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>Well, I know there are plenty of readers here who could
>knowledgeably comment on the following questions:
>
> 1. How feasible is 133MHz bus clocking/signalling
> really with the current art of silicon? Could
> you really pump it through a connector or would
> this be an on-board-only technology?
>
First word that came to my mind was 'brutal', followed
soon by 'truly horrible'. Certainly planar only.
An awful lot of people have gotten rich over at a
company called Rambus doing exactly this. I doubt
this can be done without PLL's, transmission lines
etc.