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From: hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui)
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Subject: Re: High speed bus on the new MIPS R6000 box
Keywords: R6000 MIPS bus bandwith
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Date: 23 Nov 89 16:36:13 GMT
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Be careful: find out how wide the data bus is first.

In Northern Telecom's SONET fiber transmission product, the card
connectors (which happen to be pin and socket type) are the result of a
multi-million dollar research program. The backplane speeds are also "up
there" too.