Thanks for the point. I'm aware of the SoC issues in general - analog bits, etc. I meant high-performance items like 6MB caches, buses like the EV one in Alpha

Thanks for the point. I'm aware of the SoC issues in general - analog bits, etc. I meant high-performance items like 6MB caches, buses like the EV one in Alpha chips (with AMD and Intel descendents), etc. That was my doubt. (self-note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Microcontroller_Bus_Architecture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Microcontroller_Bus_Ar...)