Conference npss::gigaswitch

972.0. "IBM Nways ATM switches" by ODIF01::LICATA () Thu Apr 17 1997 13:35

    
    It's great to have a good old enemy again. 
    
    I'm trying to penetrate an IBM show with out networking
    	products and could use some competitive information.
    
    Has anyone heard of any comparisons between the
    IBM 2220 Nways* BroadBand ATM Switch and our Gigaswitch ATM.
    
    Here is some of the things they are saying about their switches.
    
    Switch-on-a-Chip is based on a single chip switch element from which
    larger, self-routingsingle-stage or multistage switch fabrics can be 
    constructed. Because the switch design is scalable, multiple chips can
    be connected in series or in parallel to create large switch fabrics
    with higher performance. By using output queues that are configured as
    a dynamically shared memory, the switch delivers high performance 
    without discarding any packets. 
    
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Jim
                                                           

    This question would be more appropriate for the ATM Notesfile, as this
    file is about GIGAswitch/FDDI.

    Sorry, I will repost it there. 
    
    It is that the more I talk to the customers about ATM 
    the more Gigaswitch/FDDI's I sell. 
    
    :) :) 
    
    Jim