Cisco and other big names are behind efforts to improve Ethernet for use in data centers. Meanwhile, pre-standard technologies have started to roll out — along with potentially confusing marketing ...

A new Ethernet standard was announced today, promising to supercharge your home and office networking — someday. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, or the IEEE, unveiled a new ...

Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, that's changed. Cat6 is now considered the minimum standard for networking, ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.’s (IEEE) 802.3 Ethernet standards group approved the final draft of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard this week, clearing the way for vendors ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous—it is the core technology that defines the Internet and serves to connect the world in ways that people could not imagine even one generation ago. HPC clusters are working on ...

Ethernet technology that launched the personal computer into networking is 37 years old, but just as significantly, the IEEE 802 standards committee that made Ethernet a reality and that will steer it ...

The IEEE Standards Association recently approved a standard for backplane Ethernet, to be called 802.3ap. The standard specifies how network equipment makers can transmit Gigabit Ethernet and 10 ...

An approved final draft of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet standard will mean more choices as vendors develop standard-compliant products. However, high prices will likely slow development of this market.

The standards body formerly known as the 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium announced a new 800 GbE specification. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Robert Metcalfe, David Boggs, and their associates really started something back in 1973 when they invented Ethernet. It started out as just one of many contenders for LAN supremacy and essentially ...

Ever-increasing volumes of traffic strain the capacities of computing and communications gear. Boosting port speeds from 100Mbit/sec. Ethernet to 1Gbit/sec. Ethernet — and now to 10Gbit/sec. Ethernet ...

Ethernet has come a long way since Xerox PARC engineer Bob Metcalfe invented the networking system back in 1974. Back then it was merely another networking standard among many, and few thought it ...