Jesse, Interesting aproach to the "optimized" definition, i fully agree Thanks guys Esteban
On 11/8/07, Jesse Norell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When net5501 says: > > > > "It has been optimized for use as a Firewall, VPN Router, Internet > > Gateway and VoIP PBX, but has the flexibility to take on a whole range > > of different functions as a communication appliance. The board is > > designed for long life and low power." > > > > What does that mean technically? Is there any short answer? > > Of course the components are all ones you'll find in other boards, but > (common to many embedded boards) it doesn't have a lot of extra stuff > that costs money and takes up space and in general isn't needed for it's > target audience; eg. video, sound card, memory sockets, cpu socket. > Other design choices like the cpu selection to keep the board fanless > could be considered an optimization as well; not a performance > optimization, but one that's very useful (no moving parts). > > > What makes this hardware "optimized" for frames > > switching? > > I can't speak to this in particular, other than as mentioned, > performance isn't the only goal towards which you can optimize. Low > power and low cost, with acceptable performance for embedded > applications is more what Soekris targets. > > > -- > Jesse Norell > Kentec Communications, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
