Processor speed

[Darrin Chandler]

Dazed_75 wrote:
> On 11/29/06, *Nathan England* <nathan at paysonlinux.org 
> <mailto:nathan at paysonlinux.org>> wrote:
>     They included an 'earth' wire between each main wire that transfers
>     data. This
>     allows a higher data rate through put because there is less
>     interference.
>     Basically, every wire is grounded.
> 
> 
> More clearly, the extra 40 wires are all grounded making the original 40 
> wires be essentially shielded and thereby reducing crossover 
> interference.  This is important to using faster interface speeds 
> because the signals are cleaner.

Thanks to both of you for clearing that up. I was just scratching my 
head over that, installing new drives in a server. I'll use the new 80 
wire cables! :)

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