> has the network gotten fast enough that an extra > bus transaction per block slows it down? > it seems like gigabit ethernet would be around > 100k packets per second, so the extra 50ns > or so per packet would be 5ms per second in > practice, which is significantly but hardly > seems prohibitive.
i'm working with 10gbe. pcie 2.0 is making 2x10gbe attractive. multiply by 10 or 20. and if you're doing a request/response, multiply by 2 again. - erik
