Re: Switched Fabric I/O a Taxonomy

[msimon@xxxxxxxxxx (M. Simon)]

Have you looked at the PCMCIA interface standard?

Very complicated.

Very surface mount.

Very expensive in small quantities.

Simon
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>Dear Low Fat Computing mail list readers:
>
>I guess I should attend the meeting of the Parallel Processing Connection
>this Monday.  SerialPlus, Serial Bus, Serial Express, Firewire, USB, 
>IEEE 1394, IEEE 1394.2, IEEE 2100, SCI, NGIO, FutureIO. Are you confused
>by all these competing technologies?  They sure are. They asked Dave James
>to speak to PPC again this Monday.  I should learn more about all these
>competing standards before I say what is possible with F21.
>
>>That's too big.  My ideal computer is the size of a deck of cards.
>
>I like the PCMCIA form factor.  I would like a two card connector
>connected to the PROM socket with a few extra selects from the pport
>on an F21 card.  Then you could add a couple of PCMCIA cards into
>something the size of a pack of cards and drop it in your pocket. 
>The original P21 development system used 128k sram PCMCIA cards 
>instead of the later 128k x8 uvproms.
>
>I also say, why not just put everything inside of the mouse?  When
>you pick it up and say, "Hello Computer?" it should say, "Yes, Scotty?"
>
>Jeff Fox
>
>
Simon - http://www.tefbbs.com/spacetime/index.htm