10 Terabit Ethernet By 2010

Eric Frost writes "From Directions Magazine: 'Because it is now impossible to sell networking unless it is called Ethernet (regardless of the actual protocols used), it is likely that 1 Terabit Ethernet and even 10 Terabit Ethernet (using 100 wavelengths used by 100 gigabit per second transmitter / receiver pairs) may soon be announced. Only a protocol name change is needed. And the name change is merely the acknowledgment that Ethernet protocols can tunnel through other protocols (and vice versa).'"

Comments

Re:And what am I going to do with 10TB ethernet?

[mr_z_beeblebrox]

a virtual computer distributed over millions of physical nodes, so the storage will might be each of these nodes' memory... Like Freenet but also aimed at distributing workload.

More like Skynet

GATTACA

[PetoskeyGuy]

Forget MS Passpost, you must now send your complete Genome to login to Hotmail. Just stick your finger on the MS Gene-o-matic to login and check your email. Special Delivery packages will still require a neck scraping.

Re:And what am I going to do with 10TB ethernet?

[normal_guy]

And you'll be able to buy it with Whuffie.

Re:And what am I going to do with 10TB ethernet?

[Blue Lozenge]

I guess there will only be one computer, at this time : a virtual computer distributed over millions of physical nodes, so the storage will might be each of these nodes' memory... Like Freenet but also aimed at distributing workload.

... and also aimed at disposing of humans. :)

Re:Good stuff

[GTRacer]

So, who's your friend, then? Can I get on their list, too?

GTRacer
- Not really a GN