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Where's Our Terabit Ethernet?
carusoj writes "Five years ago, we were talking about using Terabit Ethernet in 2008. Those plans have been pushed back a bit, but Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe this week is starting to throw around a new date for Terabit Ethernet: 2015. He's also suggesting that this be done in a non-standard way, at least at first, saying it's an opportunity to "break loose from the stranglehold of standards and move into some fun new technologies.""
For those of you playing at home, a TB is a lot more than you can ever use in a million years...unless you link off the pirate bay, then it's not quite enough.
Um, they just made an announcement that they reached 16Tbits/sec on Wednesday, sheesh. Use the bandwidth you have for something useful.
Like porn?
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
I suppose you also think 640k of RAM is enough for anyone?
Other than the LHC, who the hells needs that kind of bandwidth?
Evil overlords who want to build their own Borg collective? If 10^10 bits per second bandwidth is required (comparable to the bandwidth of the bundle connecting the brain hemispheres), then you get 100 drones per wire. (On the other hand, wired Borg would be really limited -- for obvious reasons.)
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask where they're goin' and hook up with 'em later.
Yeah yeah, who cares about all that abstract stuff. How many LIBRAIRIES OF CONGRESS is it?!
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask where they're goin' and hook up with 'em later.
The slashdot summary just about nailed it.
So, are we at the start of the end times now?
81 lunabits per second.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
I agree. After all, this worked so well for the American cell phone network.
So, 5 years ago, Tb-E was 5 years away, and now its 7 years away. So by 2015, it should be about 10 years away, and by 2025 it should be about 14 years away, etc.
I just realized that slashdot doesn't have a way to post pictures in the forums. I'm surprised by this since it's a common feature at many other sites. Is there a suggestion box or I just email Cmdrtaco about it?
that should be an quick & easy transition, just like IPv6, right?
Blu-net, HD TCP/IP or Betacom?
I know which one I'm rooting for!
We had a flying car way back in 1979. It was orange and it's horn played "Dixie" every time it flew. It didn't fly very far, and the landings were a bit rough, but what the heck.... it *was* a flying car ;-)
Without standards, where would we be?
I don't know, but we probably wouldn't be getting laid there.