Actually, Russell and others answeres satisfied my needs.
Thanks guys
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:59:40 +0530 , Rayappa Mayakunthala wrote:
> Can I stop you all for a second? I think what John Lay is asking is what
is
> the ASIC (which make, model, number) that is used in Cisco switches, not
> what does ASIC do? John?
>
> Rayappa.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Russell Lusignan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 2:02 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: ASIC ?
> >
> >
> >Aplication Specific Integrated Circuit.. It's a chip that performs a
> >certain task in a device..
> >From the Cisco website Cat 3900 product info:
> >The switching-fabric ASIC is responsible for managing the central
> >shared-data buffer and its associated buffer table, which
> >carries addressing
> >information for the buffer. The 10 Gbps link between the
> >switching-fabric
> >ASIC and the shared-data buffer yields a 5 Gbps forwarding
> >rate. The radial
> >interconnect with network satellites minimizes the number of
> >pins per data
> >interconnection and distributes available bandwidth among the
> >satellites.
> >This design both maximizes reliability and lowers cost.
> >
> >A lot of vendors use ASICs because they perform their task quicker than
> >software code relying on a central CPU and shared memory.. You
> >could have an
> >ASIC donig all the VPN encrypting/de-encrypting in a device
> >and remove that
> >burden from the CPU itself..
> >
> >Hope that helps
> >
> >Russ..
> >
> >
> >
> >"John lay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Guys,
> >>
> >> What is ASIC which is found in Cisco Switches?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanx
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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