On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:03:34 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: (please, avoid using html, is quite complex to read your e-mails ;-()
> On Jul 12, 2011 2:05 PM, "Camaleón" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:53:41 +0000, darkestkhan wrote: >> >> > 2011/7/11 Robert Holtzman <[email protected]>: >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 06:48:28AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >>> Perhaps you one day will switch from an integrated graphics to a >> >>> graphics card, since your needs might change. Care about slots for >> >>> the future, don't waste time with thinking about an IDE connector, >> >>> the industry has dropped IDE and they are going to drop PCI too. >> >> >> >> What will rplace PCI?` >> >> >> >> >> > Wouldn't that be PCIE? unless there is some shiny bleedingly bleeding >> > edge technology that I don't know of... >> >> Thunderbolt/Light Peak? O:-) >> >> > Humm, not really. I think if you look at the spec, you'll find the max > bandwidth if tb < pci-e x16. I think of this stuff as different layers > like OSI but I don't really name mine - its more conceptual or maybe a > tree like lsusb shows. Thunderbolt spec is capable of 100 Gbit/s (bi-directionally) and todays implementation (copper based circuits that can seep up to 10 Gbit/s) can compete with PCie v2 (x8). Also, photonic -fiber- has additional advantadges over electronic components ;-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
