From: Zulfiqar Naushad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [H] Idea regarding internal system interconnects. Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 02:04:48 -0800 (PST)
Just out of curiosity. Wouldn't using gigabit networking for connecting perhiperals inside a system be good?
I mean a mobo could have a 8 port switch, for example.
1 port for CDROM 1 port for DVD Hard disks..
etc.
Since it would be a switch, each device would have a full gigabit of bandwidth.
I am sure it could be done.
As far as bandwidth is concerned.....
1 Gbps = 125 Mega Bytes a second theoretical. Even assuming 10% overhead for TCP packets and all that, we are still talking about 100 Megabytes per second per device.
It's already been done. PCI is technically a switch and ever since the i8xx chipsets, the north and sounth bridges are basically high speed hubs between interconnects.
