Ethernet is on the verge of one of its biggest makeovers in some time. Before the end of the year, five different IEEE 802.3 task forces are scheduled to finish their work on Ethernet-related ...

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 ...

The push to encourage "Energy Efficient Ethernet" moved forward over the past three weeks when the working group concentrating on the emerging standard agreed to put the existing proposal to vote.

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, ...

A newly-approved wired Ethernet standard could deliver 2.5GbE and 5GbE connections over existing infrastructure. After nearly 20 years, are we finally ready to move past gigabit Ethernet? Share on ...

As the standard begins to work its way into products, enterprises will need to be ready for its impact. Back in June 17, 2010 the IEEE announced the ratification of the next generation of Ethernet ...

Ever-increasing volumes of traffic strain the capacities of computing and communications gear. Boosting port speeds from 100Mbps Ethernet to 1Gbps Ethernet – and now to 10Gbps Ethernet – on servers, ...

The IEEE has formed a group to assess demand for a faster form of Ethernet, taking the first step toward what could become a Terabit Ethernet standard. The group, which goes by the unwieldy name “IEEE ...

Reducing energy consumption is on everyone's mind these days, and engineers have developed a standard for Energy Efficient Ethernet, or EEE. The IEEE 802.3az standard, which was approved on September ...