Cisco Reveals Its $500 Million Router 194
Whitecloud writes "After 4 years of development and $500 million in costs, Cisco have a new router: the CRS-1, or Carrier Routing System. Cool features include a 40 gigabit-per-second optical interface, and the ability to cluster the boxes to act as a single router. retail starts at $450,000. Video available here." Update: 05/26 13:55 GMT by T : Sorry; I missed the previous mention of this device.
Re:This would be interesting.. (Score:5, Funny)
This one is from timothy.
Completely different.
Re:This would be interesting.. (Score:3, Funny)
Uhm, waitaminute...
Another benefit from Cisco (Score:4, Funny)
clustering /. (Score:2, Funny)
what about copy the feature on
1. post
2. post again
3
4. profit!!
Link to the video... (Score:4, Funny)
the best news about the router... (Score:5, Funny)
Video available?!? (Score:5, Funny)
<opening scene>
box
<queue the music>
box with blinkinlights
<musical creshendo>
download done box on computer screen!
<screen dissolve>
bigass Cisco logo
</closing scene>
</music fades>
call your local rep or 1-800-givemeyourfuckingbankaccount
That Old Problem (Score:4, Funny)
damn (Score:3, Funny)
retail starts at $450,000
I have no idea how I'm going to get my wife to go for that, but maybe the 48Gb will impress her...
This is like a rumor... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah right. (Score:5, Funny)
CRS-1, which previously had been code-named HFR for Huge Fast Router,
Yes yes, I'm sure that while in dev the 'F' stood for 'Fast'.
The RIAA spin (Score:4, Funny)
RIAA/MPAA...... The festering boil on the buttocks of America.
Re:Gilette's Mach 3 cost $1 billion to develop... (Score:5, Funny)
But haven't you seen the commercials? They had to test that sucker in F-15's and space stations on male underware models while ex-Russian kiddie-porn stars fondled them to evaluate the results.
HFR? (Score:4, Funny)
HFR : Huge Fast Router?
BFG 9000 : Big Funky Gun 9000
transpose with whatever word you feel appropriate. I know what I'm going with.
Surely you could do this more cheaply... (Score:5, Funny)
Futurepoll... "TONS of room to grow" (Score:5, Funny)
Future Slashdot Poll: Suppose you had a router that could handle 2300 40Gbps interfaces?
Re:Backdoors... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's great! SURVEY: (Score:3, Funny)
"IP"? (Score:1, Funny)
Either way, I didn't understand what you mean by "IP vendor"
Re:This would be interesting.. (Score:3, Funny)
You obviously haven't seen the multi-player requirements for Half-Life 2.
The REAL name of the router... (Score:4, Funny)
Can't Route Shit
Why didn't they think of something better?
heh.
Re:Gilette's Mach 3 cost $1 billion to develop... (Score:2, Funny)
Great - terabits (Score:1, Funny)
The irony.....
Cisco (Score:4, Funny)