Super IO for x86 : gigabyte ethernet card 8 or 16 ports which are seen from the host like one ethernet card (with pci-e speed), the card act like a big switch (with a kind of routing). So you could make very fast interconnection between server (imaging direct connection between calcul server and file server).
You could also make a SATA RAID controller. The idea is to saturate a pci-e link (2*300 MB/s). You could do it with 8 to 16 HD. IO connections are the 2 domains where PC can't be compare with mainframe. Standard (ethernet, SATA) put the cost down. What is lacking is a card to connect the PC with the network and the HD. nicO Le mercredi 12 Avril 2006 23:04, James Richard Tyrer a écrit : > If we are going to have a product that is successful in the market, we > need to have an Open Source product that isn't the same as things which > already exist in the marketplace. > > The Open Graphics Card would meet this criteria because it would be > totally documented and the driver would be GPL. > > Other ideas (some already mentioned): > > 1. A Card which runs the X server on its own processor. This probably > doesn't need an explanation except to say that it could have a way to > connect directly to our OG video card with PCIe. > > This could be accomplished with an embedded processor and RAM. The host > system could upload to IPL it so it wouldn't need EEPROM Probably need > a little software for Xorg and XFree86 to interface and IPL it. > > 2. A Card which runs Linux on a Windows machine. Very standard hardware > here but the only products available are rather expensive, are not the > ideal solution, and/or have additional stuff that isn't needed. E.G. > servers on a card. > > This Basically needs only a CPU, (non-graphics) NorthBridge, RAM, and a > PLD or SouthBridge for PCI, EEPROM, (fake/emulated) NIC and (optionally) > ATA,, since the other functions (keyboard, mouse, video) are supplied by > an X server app running under Windows. One issue is whether the hard > disk should be accessed through PCI or whether the board should have an > ATA connection for its own hard disk(s) -- perhaps both options > available is the best idea. This card appears to the Windows system as > a NIC (to communicate with the X server) and (if it has a private disk) > an ATA disk controller. > > This would work the same as if you had two systems connected with > Ethernet. You run a Windows X server and the Linux apps appear on the > Windows DeskTop in X windows. > > 3. The opposite thing. A card that runs Windows on a Linux system. I > have no idea how to do this. > > 4. Audio Scope and FFT based spectrum analyzer to set up a listening > room or home theater for frequency response. Some high end audio > equipment includes this. > > 5. Open Source Media PC or Media interface box. DRM is a serious > problem here. > > Other ideas? _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
