How is software development impacted by the RapidIO technology?
Software development is independent of the RapidIO architecture, i.e., RapidIO technology is transparent to the existing software base. To software, the RapidIO fabric can look just like a traditional microprocessor and peripheral bus. RapidIO technology also bridges easily to PCI and PCI-X. These features allow users to mix legacy software and PCI chips with RapidIO chips, and without requiring special devices. RapidIO has allso a definition to encapuslate other protocals like Ethernet.