The Road to 100 Gigabit Ethernet

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 8, 2006 @06:22AM from the one-less-traveled-by dept.

darthcamaro writes "InternetNews is reporting that a grassroots effort is being formed to push 100 Gigabit Ethernet into the mainstream. That's 10x faster than the current fastest Ethernet standard 10 GbE and 1000 times faster than "FastEthernet" but it's not going to be here anytime soon. From the article: '"A group of companies have formed to approach the IEEE to get a vote within the IEEE body to start a standard and that's really where we are," Garrison told internetnews.com. [...] The process then to becoming a full standard is a long and drawn out one that could take five or more years. Garrison explained that the first part of the standard will look at technical and economic feasibility, as well as LAN and WAN opportunities.'"

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Holding my breath... by 0110011001110101 · 2006-02-08 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

FTFA - Don't expect to see 100 GbE anytime soon, though; it's likely not to see the light of day until at least 2010.
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Re:Grass root? Mainstream? by Meostro · 2006-02-08 08:28 · Score: 3, Funny

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson, 1943

"640k ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates, 1981

"Consumers don't even need 10 gigabit, why would they want 100 gigabit?" - Guspaz, 2006