[Beowulf] Re: newbies' dilemma / firewire? (Hahn)

[Greg Lindahl]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 10:35:25AM -0800, Ed Karns wrote:

> Processor efficiency FireWire has a 32-bit "risc" type  
> microprocessor, is peer to peer in hardware / firmware and has other  
> lean architecture features.

Uh, is having a 32-bit CPU in your NIC supposed to make it faster or
slower? In the InfiniBand space, there's a proof that having that
extra cpu makes small packets slower. With FireWire's slower link
speed...

-- greg