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To: Mark Brophy who wrote (1332)6/17/1997 10:41:00 AM
From: F. Foos   of 10309
 
<It's very efficient and fast to implement ATM in dedicated hardware. ATM implemented in software would be very slow for a backbone, even with the fastest general purpose processor.>

For the benefit of all who follow this thread, it is important to note that the ATM standard is a work in progress. Portions of the ATM standard are incomplete and remain to be determined. ATM manufacturers are using programmable "soft" solutions to design equipment today, that is future-proof and that can been upgraded seemlessly, as the ATM standard evolves.

ATM manufacturers do NOT use "general purpose processors" in the high speed data path. A general purpose processor would be used in the part of the ATM switch that performs system monitoring and control functions; these are low-speed functions, relatively speaking.

Frank
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