Crumbs
Rich T finds some tasty titbits you might have missed in the week's news
Tuesday 28 August 2007, 3:55 PM
IEEE agrees to disagree
Finally it looks there may be some agreement on the future specification for ethernet.
Even if the agreement is an agreement to disagree.
I reported back in June that the international standards body, the IEEE, was at internal loggerheads on whether the 10Gbps standard should be superceded by 100Gbps or 40Gbps as the next stage.
Multiples of ten may not be the way forward, several high profile individuals argued, because applications were not ready for 100Gbps.
And it looks like those individuals will at least partly get their way.
The IEEE's Ethernet Higher Speed Study Group has now collectively decided to work on one project encompassing both speeds: 40Gbps for server and storage applications and 100Gbps for network aggregation.
I have to thank one UK newssite for bringing the update to my attention late last week. For a change, I shall break with tradition and won't mention the site involved because, as the IEEE's Group first made rumblings about mending its internal seams five weeks ago, I don't feel comfortable with calling it a news story on anyone's site, because it's now not timely, despite its importance.
In the meantime, anyone for 10Gbps?
Even if the agreement is an agreement to disagree.
I reported back in June that the international standards body, the IEEE, was at internal loggerheads on whether the 10Gbps standard should be superceded by 100Gbps or 40Gbps as the next stage.
Multiples of ten may not be the way forward, several high profile individuals argued, because applications were not ready for 100Gbps.
And it looks like those individuals will at least partly get their way.
The IEEE's Ethernet Higher Speed Study Group has now collectively decided to work on one project encompassing both speeds: 40Gbps for server and storage applications and 100Gbps for network aggregation.
I have to thank one UK newssite for bringing the update to my attention late last week. For a change, I shall break with tradition and won't mention the site involved because, as the IEEE's Group first made rumblings about mending its internal seams five weeks ago, I don't feel comfortable with calling it a news story on anyone's site, because it's now not timely, despite its importance.
In the meantime, anyone for 10Gbps?
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