On 27/09/2012 14:58, Darius Jahandarie wrote: > I recall 40Gbit/s Ethernet being promoted heavily for similar reasons > as the ones in this article, but then 100Gbit/s being the technology > that actually ended up in most places. Could this be the same thing > happening?
no. the IEEE working group was split between 40GE and 100GE and ended up supporting both. As a result, the vendors ended up having to split time and resources investigating both, which was to the huge detriment of the industry. It's a good thing that they're deciding on a single spec, even if it isn't as fast as some people might like. Nick
