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To: tinkershaw who wrote (8647)	10/13/2000 6:56:34 PM
From: David Evans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

I thought I recalled someone saying there were usually at least 2 chips in each server. You might also figure some servers might have more than 1 infiband card in it. I could be way off base though.. Dave

To: tinkershaw who wrote (8647)	10/14/2000 11:23:31 AM
From: James Connolly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

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To: tinkershaw who wrote (8647)	10/15/2000 11:17:32 AM
From: James Connolly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Tinkershaw, A few comments. 1. As I understand it I2O's involvement with InfiniBand is via the Target channel adapters (TCA's). I think it's fare to say that multiple copies of IxWorks could be involved. In theory a single host computer can support 65,000 TCA's, but I'm not saying anything like this number will be involved on an average InfiniBand server. 2. InfiniBand is just a subset of I2O. I2O is not just limited to InfiniBand servers. It can be used on all servers or workstations provided the host OS has an OSM. 3. I received a PM from somebody involved in the server business and their guidance was as follows. For servers and workstations (i.e. devices that can use intelligent storage) a good base number for this year is 5 million units shipped with about a 30% growth rate going forward. That gives the following table. Year.....Units shipped (millions) 2000.....5 2001.....6.5 2002.....8.45 2003....11 The main areas of interest so far for I2O are iRAID and offloaded TCP/IP (see press releases below). Wind River, Intel Validate Intelligent I/O Architecture With Real Time OS for I20 and Intel Integrated RAID Building Blocks corporate-ir.net Wind River Unveils Tornado for Intelligent I/O 2.0; Provides Storage and Networking Acceleration for Increased Bandwidth and Throughput corporate-ir.net 4. In calendar year 1999 WIND had about $5 million in income from I2O, yet the activity level around I2O (i.e units shipped) was quite low. With the spread of iRAID, offloaded TCP/IP, InfiniBand and whatever else comes along that number ($5 million) will most certainly rise. Things might be a little clearer when Allen posts some assumptions around server appliances. Regards JC.