Hi,
Btw, did I say that I'm planning to sell the 7951 based crypto board for
around $80 in single unnit volume, both for the PCI and MiniPCI
version....
And Mike, if my answer is just a sentence, I like to keep it on top, so
people don't have to scroll all the way down to see what I'm writing....
Soren
"Louis A. Mamakos" wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 06/27/2001 11:06:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > > That's not really the point here, I was talking about lowest end
> > > hardware compared to high end CPU. If we compare with high end hardware,
> > > then we're talking about factor >50 faster than software.... There are
> > > chips out that can do >1Gbit 3-DES, given a 64bit/66Mhz PCI bus.
> > >
> > > I'm just starting with a low end chip to complement my 133 Mhz 486 based
> > > net4501 board, with the goal of low cost and low power, not absolute
> > > performance.
> >
> > Its cheaper and more flexible to buy a faster motherboard, which is the point
> > to the rest of us who are deciding if we care about a hardware solution.
>
> Really? Have you even looked at the net4501 board which was mentioned? It's
> a single-board computer constructed for some specific communication
> applications, with no VGA or keyboard support, or spinning fans, and is
> pretty inexpensive and in a very small form factor. Why do I want to
> replace this with "a new motherboard?"
>
> Please consider that you probably can't imagine all the applications that
> these platforms might be used in, an the availability of fire-breathing
> Really Fast CPUs might not actually be applicable to some applications
> with very specific requirements.
>
> "A new motherboard" isn't going to be more flexible since it's likely
> to require a power supply larger than the whole low-power computer
> you propose to replace. I'd rather spend the $100 or $150 to add
> crypto performance for some applications and maintain the small form
> factor, low power consumption, and no moving parts.
>
> The "rest of us" covers quite a few people, with a variety of interesting
> applications.
>
> louie
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