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To: James Connolly who wrote (8048)	7/10/2000 1:02:03 PM
From: James Connolly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Intel to premier homegrown StrongARM at developer forum eet.com "Intel is also working with Mitsubishi on a chip set for third-generation mobile communications that is expected to include StrongARM technology" Given that the Intel/WIND CofE was extended to include StrongARM I think it's fare to assume these StrongARM-2 chips will be capable of running on Cirrus. Regards JC.

To: James Connolly who wrote (8048)	7/10/2000 1:12:57 PM
From: Bob Huff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

James, The "specialized vxWorks" talked about here is vxWorks optimized for a specific application (think of a scaled down vxWorks kernel with some custom storage management software stacked on top of it). This doesn't involve I2O. Take NAS (network attached storage) for example. Adding a traditional file server to a network is very time consuming and filled with overhead (the OS is designed to do many more things than just file I/O). With NAS, you plug the appliance into your network and within minutes you are sharing files. The beauty of NAS is not having to depend on a general purpose OS like Windows. These devices use a scalable OS such as vxWorks, Linux or a BSD derivative. Since they don't have to run applications they can focus all of the system resources toward serving files. What this looks like to me is more usage of Crosstor (http://www.crosstor.com). They provide a complete NAS software stack that runs on top of vxWorks. Crosstor sells to HP, Auspex and Connex among others. Bob