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To: fyodor_ who wrote (79245)	5/3/2002 4:40:03 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

"I just have a problem seeing where this would apply…" A router, for one. Or a high performance access point where you want to do positive MAC validation, various filtering of packets, handle voice over IP where you are bumping the priority to minimize delays, etc. Not too much of an issue with a single radio 802.11b system, but an 802.11a with several radios doing load balancing, you'd need something like this...

To: fyodor_ who wrote (79245)	5/3/2002 4:53:15 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 275872

Fyo, Re: "I just have a problem seeing where this would apply… other than in serious servers, which isn't exactly the standard target of embedded chips." There has recently been a push into a new market for "Internet Appliances" - this time as small, web or email servers that would use either low cost x86 chips (i.e. Celeron), or perhaps embedded chips running on an RTOS. They are being considered as low cost replacements to some of the front end racks you see today. TOE would be a crucial technology for this market, as these servers are already using underpowered CPUs, and trafficing Internet I/O is their main functionality. Mostly, though, I see TOE being a good technology for the Telco market (which is another growing and very specialized segment). Although the Telco market doesn't really use embedded chips at this point in time, its specialized nature sort of favors them, so you never know what you might see in the future. Hope that answers your question; otherwise, I'm a bit out of touch with this field. wbmw