[rescue] 128 bits...

[Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:35:18AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
>    Well, like I said...with table lookups and masking done directly by 
> hardware, not necessarily iterative code, things could be much faster.  
> I'm fairly certain a lot of higher-end Cisco gear does things this way 
> but I'm not positive.

I would think that a specialized OS like IOS and complete control of
the hardware like Cisco has would allow for some decent tricks even
without special hardware.  But think how easily you could handle this
stuff with a decently sized FPGA alongside a host CPU to run
everything else.

--Patrick