[Beowulf] 1.2 us IB latency?

[Gilad Shainer]

On Wed, April 18, 2007, Mark Hahn wrote: 

> > Do you expect me to describe in details the architecture of 
> our silicon?
> > Come on... :-)
> 
> why not?  explaining your tech to prospective customers is 
> good PR, and I would be surprised if your competitors don't 
> already know it all.


Prospective customers are welcome to discuss details directly 
with us, as they do with other vendors. And no, competitors 
Don't know it all. 


> this is why Intel and AMD routinely disclose quite a few 
> details of their respective microarchitectures.

Every vendor decide what is good for him.  

> 
> suggesting that your competitors are stupid or ignorant is 
> _not_ good PR.
> 

There was no suggestion of this manner in my response. Looks like
you take it too far.