Cold war over I/O bus nears an end -- Icy discussions between opposing camps getting warmer
techweb.com
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Warring factions skirmishing over the issue of new technology for a common server I/O bus are ready to sign a peace treaty-in the form of a single specification backed by Intel Corp. and OEMs.
An agreement on the new standard could become public as soon as a few weeks from now, said a senior executive at a major PC company.
Until now, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel had backed one technology, dubbed NGIO, or Next Generation IO while a host of other vendors, including such leaders as IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif., and Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, supported a different standard, Future IO (FIO).
Both the FIO and NGIO names would be scrapped in favor of a new name for the technology, since it uses ele-ments from each design specifications, said one source close to the discussions.
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