On May 5, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
On May 5, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Robert Kubrick wrote:
I am preparing a presentation where I will discuss commodity
interconnects and the evolution of Ethernet and Infiniband NICs. The
idea is to show the advance in network interfaces speed over time
It is indeed surprisingly hard to draw a simple timeline for ethernet
speed evolution. Network throughput is relative to the medium (fiber
optic, coaxial, twisted pair...), distance (LAN, switch, WAN), number
of channels (half duplex, full duplex), level of commercialization
(research, prod
On May 5, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Robert Kubrick wrote:
I am preparing a presentation where I will discuss commodity
interconnects and the evolution of Ethernet and Infiniband NICs. The
idea is to show the advance in network interfaces speed over time on
a chart. So far I have collected the following
