Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:4312 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:10210 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:2371 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sparkyfs!milk0.itstd.sri.com!rusti From: rusti@milk0.itstd.sri.com (Rusti Baker) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: TCP Ethernet Throughput (AMD vs. Intel vs. Seeq) Summary: request for information characterizing these chips Keywords: Van Jacobson, Steve Bellovin Message-ID: <29914@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com> Date: 10 Feb 90 01:34:12 GMT Expires: 1 Mar 90 08:00:00 GMT References: <2447@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <582@berlioz.nsc.com> <29000@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: news@sparkyfs.istc.sri.com Reply-To: rusti@milk0.itstd.sri.com.UUCP (Rusti Baker) Organization: ITSTD Lines: 8 Sender:Rusti Baker I would be interested in seeing any type of discussion of the behaviour of the chips mentioned in this thread. E.G. Clark, Jacobson et al provided this insight into the behavior of the LANCE in their June 1989 IEEE Comm. article: "[the LANCE] locks up the memory bus during the transfer thus stalling the processor"