10 GbE and the data center.(Up to Speed)

From: Communications News | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Prior to its inception as a task force, the IEEE 802.3 higher-speed study group received input that service provider networks, Internet exchange networks, consumer broadband access networks, content provider networks, enterprise networks, data center networks, research and development networks, and high-performance computing networks all needed 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE)--and many expressed the need for thinking even beyond 100 GbE. At the same time, these organizations were calling for 40-Gigabit Ethernet development for computing applications.

The group targeted two ...

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