Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most X86-class computers use a memory controller called a Northbridge. The server computer that hosts the LUG Gallery uses a crossbar memory controller, invented and ruthlessly implemented by Andy Bechtolsheim, that is way faster than the Northbridge. It positively screams. When the memory system is faster, everything is faster. Andreas von Bechtolsheim is the Walter Mandler of the computer world. I shared an office with him at Stanford for a year, and he is also a very very nice person. > I checked out Andy's Wiki: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Bechtolsheim