On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 06:21:35AM -0700, Leonid Grossman wrote:

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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.


cheers,
Lennert