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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: iWarp Architecture Overview (was: LONG)
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Date: 6 Jun 91 14:36:15 GMT
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In article <4077@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP>, carroll@ssc-vax (Jeff Carroll) writes:

>b)	Availability notwithstanding, my contacts at Intel have not 
>	convinced me that Galactic Intel is interested in marketing iWarp
>	to the world at large. You may never see iWarp silicon available
>	in quantity.

And what's the current demand for lots of iWarp machines? We're talking big
bucks here for a system based upon Intel silicon (which some would argue is
cursed from the moment it enters the factory grounds ;-) from a company who's
primary business is microprocessors, not large systems. Large multiprocessor
systems are made by other folks, like BBN and Thinking Machines. 

     Signature envy: quality of some people to put 24+ lines in their .sigs
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