MVIA and GAMMA (Was Re: FNN vs GigabitEther & Myrinet)

[Patrick Geoffray]

"Eray Ozkural (exa)" wrote:

> Yes, both projects have been very promising. In fact, what interested me was
> the really low latencies they obtained on common switched fast ethernet
> networks.

Keep in mind that the published latency is measured without 
any switches, with 2 NICs back-to-back.
A single switch adds up to 10us of latency, it sums up with 
the number of switches crossed. Still, it's interesting for 
small configuration.

Patrick

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