Focus Shifting to Photonics
Using light to move data will save power and improve performance; laser built into process technology overcomes huge hurdle.
Aquantia Announces Industry’s First SFP+ Line of Products Enabling Connectivity for 2.5, 5 and 10GBASE-T Networking
New Multi-Gigabit Copper SFP+ modules provide a new dimension of flexibility for network and data center professionals looking to optimize equipment & reduce operating costs
QLogic Maintains Leadership Role in Further Accelerating Adoption of NVMe over Fabrics for Fibre Channel and Ethernet
Only Company to Deliver NVMe over Fabrics Using Both FC and RDMA Transports
Steeper Price Declines to Drive Seven-Fold Increase in Server-Class Ethernet Networking Bandwidth by 2020, According to Crehan Research
Dollar-per-Gigabit Bandwidth Prices to Fall Below One-Fifth of Current Levels, Largely Enabled by 25, 50 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Pica8 open switching OS supports 25/50/100 GbE
Pica8 introduces open switching OS for 25/50/100 GbE. The use of higher throughput switching is growing in mega data centers.
Switch Chip Startup Touts Networking Breakthrough
Barefoot Networks says its ASIC will make networks fully programmable without sacrificing performance.
Data Center Switch Market Hits $12B in 2015, Reports Crehan Research
Ethernet and InfiniBand Drive Growth
Broadcom Expands Enterprise Storage Connectivity with New Gen 6 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
Completes data warehousing transactions in ¼ of the time, with twice the throughput, 40% lower hardware latency and 60% greater IOPS
Confluence of Speed Upgrades Will Propel Data Center Ethernet Switch Market to $15B, According to Crehan Research
Ramp of 100GbE in 2016; 25GbE in 2017; and 400GbE in 2018