Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!AI.AI.MIT.EDU!PAP4 From: PAP4@AI.AI.MIT.EDU ("Philip A. Prindeville") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: IP protocol on a chip(s) Message-ID: <298359.871212.PAP4@AI.AI.MIT.EDU> Date: 12 Dec 87 05:59:44 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 9 I think that an ip-on-a-chip would have to be micro-coded (not because of complexity, it could certainly fit in random logic), because bugs would certainly be found. Also, certain parameters (such as fragmenting/reassembly philosophy) might need to be tailored to the environment (i.e. an ethernet enviroment device should not generate back to back fragments, but should space or scatter them over time). Ideas? -Philip