[90916] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Silicon-germanium routers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David W. Hankins)
Tue Jun 20 17:09:15 2006
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:08:49 -0700
From: "David W. Hankins" <David_Hankins@isc.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 12:59:54PM -0700, Tony Li wrote:
> Sure doesn't sound like it. In fact, it sound like they're pushing to a
> high frequency regardless of the power and thermal consequences.
I thought their 500 Ghz number was just for rediculous press teasing,
like the people who use lHe to push AMD chips to ~10 Ghz.
The 350 Ghz 'at room temperature' insinuation is the most interesting
to me.
> It also sounds like it's a single transistor. It takes a few of them to
> make a router. ;-)
I haven't seen any evidence to support or contradict this, so I'll
take your word for it...
A single-transistor test on a single chip would be both ludicrous
and incomparable.
> I also suspsect that the community is not ready to transition to
> liquid-cooled systems.
I rather assumed 'at room temperature' implied a standard heat sink
and fan.
Perhaps there's not enough information in that article to draw a
conclusion from.
--
David W. Hankins "If you don't do it right the first time,
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