Re: [802.3_NGAUTO] potential objectives change
Colleagues
What I would like to see is some technical presentations on the impact
of HIGHLY ASSYMETRICAL data rates on:
- Relative implementation complexity (e.g. gate count, die size)
- Operational power dissipation
and (therefore presumably)lower relative cost.
It seems from the discussions that in this particular case,
we have high enough prospective volume and
enough cost sensitivity
and enough sensitivity to power dissipation
that this case is unusual enough in our history to be worth extra attention.
In particular, the back channel requirements seem low enough that they
could be satisfied by what exists in other standards as an auxiliary
or management channel.
Geoff Thompson