Re: Re: [f-cpu] X-Bar replacement and PoC of massiv-parallel-computing, hints?

[Michael Riepe <michael@stud.uni-hannover.de>]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 09:41:03AM +0300, Kim Enkovaara wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Michael Riepe wrote:
> 
> > > 1GHz on X-Bar is more complicated than 10 GHz on a serial bus.
> > 
> > If the serial line is point-to-point, well-terminated (with a well-known,
> > fixed impedance) and uses low-swing differential signalling with pulse
> > shaping (to remove the higher-level harmonics of the digital signal).
> 
> Actually I think they are usually amplifying the high-level harmonics to
> compensate their attentuation in the transfer line :)

I guess that depends on the signal, the transfer encoding and the
characteristics of the transport medium.

-- 
 Michael "Tired" Riepe <Michael.Riepe@stud.uni-hannover.de>
 "All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die"
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