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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (39411)	10/15/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1588631

Tench, Re: Advantages and disadvtages of p2p v MP. Advantages: These were pretty well summed up by what's his name (your quotes in the original post). In a nutshell they are clean electrical channels, which allow you longer runs with less interference and many other "finer" points. At high frequencies you have very big problems with line couplings and so on. Having a "straight line" allows you to have a transmission line. At high frequencies, every twist, turn, bend, etc. creates capacitance and/or resitance which decreases the quality of the signal and introduces (as well as radiates) noise. Disadvantages: These are also farily obvious including more lines, which means more complicated board designs and higher costs. In addition they can take up extra real estate. However, that said I believe that Slot M (Merced slot, whatever that will be) will probably end up being P2P. By that time everyone will probably be running at 350+Mhz FSB. Re: Books. Not knowing the level of detail of you high-frequency electronics knowledge, I will point you to: Principles of Microwave Technology. Stephen C. Harsany Prentice Hall Publish ISBN: 0-13-205568-6 LOC Catalogin-in-Publication Data: Harsany, Stephen C. Principles of microwave technology/Steve C. Harsany p. cm. TK7876.H37 1997 621.381'3-dc20 This book is actually quite decent and don't let the title fool you. It has nothing to do with a microwave oven ;-). It covers the basic electromgnetic theory and goes on to practical examples and illustations of: Transmission Line Fundamentals (chapter 2) Microwave Tansmsission Lines (chapter 4) Passive Microwave Components (chapter 5) Active Microwave Devices (solid-sate) (chapter 7) Antennas (chapter 8) The thing to remember is that at high frequncies almost everything is an antenna of some kind. A flat patch of copper will radiate the signal so Chapter 8, even though it seems strange is somewhat relevant. If you are a little more versed in the area I can recommend other titles. Steve