@billt:
>Anything we're going to see in our market will
>either use Articia or have to use an FPGA chip
>to build a PCI to AGP bridge, which is then
>limited to PCI bandwidth.
PCI-X 1.0 has the bandwidth of AGP4x.
Ole-Egil's prefered PPC440SPe chip provides
PCI-X 2.0 with a bandwidth similar to AGP8x.
>Pegasos2 does this, and that may be acceptable.
Are you sure?
>If so, why not just use a PCI to PCI-Express
>bridge and have the even newer graphics cards
>available to you?
Sure - only who writes the drivers and will they
be available for all systems that can make use of
that particular PCI-PCIe bridge card?
>If anyone would start a new design today, I'd
>say he's crazy to put any effort into an FPGA
>AGP bridge, as AGP is already on its way out.
Just a moment please - can you point me to the
"FPGA" on the Pegasos II board that according to
your opinion bridges the PCI to AGP?
I am not entirely sure there actually is one,
but maybe you have more insight...
