> With the processing power that will be on some of the I2O cards, we
> might find network protocol stacks (TCP?), etc, being off-loaded from the
> central CPUs.
> Would this be a step backwards or forwards from SMP?
Dunno. If you consider the CDC 6000 architecture a step backward, then it's
a step backward. I haven't thought about PP programming in a long time....
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer MWOOD@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU
Those who will not learn from history are doomed to reimplement it.