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一个基于PCI Express接口标准、用于构建网络设备的接口规范正由Intel牵头制定。该规范名叫ASI(Advanced SwitchingInterconnect,高级交换互连接口),目标是使制造交换机、路由器这样的联网设备也能像计算机那样可以“自选组件组装”。 相比于PC和服务器的标准化所带来的广泛竞争和规模经济而言,目前,多数网络设备都使用各自专有的接口规范,这使网络设备厂商间竞争不充分、也难以推动这一市场走向大繁荣。
An interface specification based on the PCI Express interface standard for building network devices is being developed by Intel. The specification is called Advanced Switching Interconnection (ASI). The goal is to make networked devices such as switches and routers “self-selected” like computers. Compared to the widespread competition and economies of scale that standardization of PCs and servers bring, most network devices today use their own proprietary interface specifications, making it less than adequate for network equipment vendors to push the market Go big prosperity.