Evolutionary Path to Building Next Generation InterconnectsWith processor and memory technologies pushing the performance limit, thebottleneck is clearly shifting towards the system interconnect. Any solutionthat addresses the PCI?s bus-based interconnect, which has seriousscalability problems, must also protect the huge legacy infrastructure. PCIExpress provides such an evolutionary approach and allows a smooth migrationtowards building a highly scalable next generation interconnect. AdvancedSwitching further boosts the capabilities of PCI Express by allowing a richapplication space to be covered that includes multiprocessing andpeer-to-peer communication. Indeed, the synergy between PCI Express andAdvanced Switching permits the adoption of an evolutionary yet revolutionaryapproach for building the interconnect of the future.
Keywords:
Software Interconnects
Protocol processing hardware
Technologies for video and voice over packets
Gb/sec and Tb/sec switching and routing technologies