| reply to MacLeech
Re: Casa Systems said by MacLeech:said by Ignite:Already have a 16 bonded downstream CMTS. Kinda useless without a modem chipset that can match it. yep, a very good point, its also clearly points out why today all the pre-DS3 (anything thats not gold cert is Pre to anyone with the long term prospects to save money and a little sense)vendors should be using re-programable FPGAs in all their kit.
save a little cash now in the quarter by using fixed hardware that cant use all the spec of the given chipset without a hardware mod on the PCB and so requireing a new batch revision. or
spend a little more on using FPGAs in your initial designs and have the ability to software upgrade your faulty designes and add new capabiltys to it later at a vastly lower cost, keeping in mind the whole world markets productions to get very good FPGA scale discounts and makeing these more expensive re-programable FPGA chips far more accessable and cheaper to your future CPE kit in the process.
the FPGA vendors will be happy to take a reduction in one time initial profits IF the whole world DS3 markets bring in vast economys of scale and help them expand their long term market share for FPGA uptake. |
