I am a digital ASIC design engineer. For a while, this occupation hasn't been much different than that of a software designer -- we use languages such as Verilog or VHDL rather than C, Java, etc.
A common convention for programmers in all of the aforementioned languages is that constants are all caps. My left pinkie is trained to hit the caps lock key when I type constants, then hit it again when I'm done. This definitely speeds up my typing.
Understandably, the companies that manufacture the cable aren't enthusiastic about SolarFlare's technology, as they would prefer that everyone rewire with Cat6 or better to do 10Gig. They claim that SolarFlare is "overclocking" the cable (my own words), and that some installed Cat5 will work at 10 Gig and some won't. Cat5 is tested to 100 MHz; SolarFlare claims they can do 10G with 350 to 400 MHz of bandwidth and that Cat5 really supports this bandwidth. The cable manufacturers just need to test their Cat5 to this higher frequency.
What ever happened to a good, old-fashioned fireplace? It's not the most environmentally sound way to destroy documents, and it might not work so well for plastic (if you don't want to breathe the fumes), but I doubt anyone can reconstruct the print on a piece of paper that has been reduced to ash.
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I am a digital ASIC design engineer. For a while, this occupation hasn't been much different than that of a software designer -- we use languages such as Verilog or VHDL rather than C, Java, etc. A common convention for programmers in all of the aforementioned languages is that constants are all caps. My left pinkie is trained to hit the caps lock key when I type constants, then hit it again when I'm done. This definitely speeds up my typing.
For me, this is a non-issue until the phone companies start offering DSL independent of phone service.
Check out this eetimes article for a little more detail than the article in eWeek:
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?article ID=18401022
Understandably, the companies that manufacture the cable aren't enthusiastic about SolarFlare's technology, as they would prefer that everyone rewire with Cat6 or better to do 10Gig. They claim that SolarFlare is "overclocking" the cable (my own words), and that some installed Cat5 will work at 10 Gig and some won't. Cat5 is tested to 100 MHz; SolarFlare claims they can do 10G with 350 to 400 MHz of bandwidth and that Cat5 really supports this bandwidth. The cable manufacturers just need to test their Cat5 to this higher frequency.
What ever happened to a good, old-fashioned fireplace? It's not the most environmentally sound way to destroy documents, and it might not work so well for plastic (if you don't want to breathe the fumes), but I doubt anyone can reconstruct the print on a piece of paper that has been reduced to ash.