Terabit Ethernet
Terabit Ethernet or TbE describes a possible speed of Ethernet above 100 Gigabit Ethernet. Facebook and Google, among other companies, have expressed a need for TbE.[1] Some think that 400 Gigabit Ethernet is a more practical goal.[2] In 2011 researchers predicted Terabit Ethernet in 2015, and 100 Terabit Ethernet by 2020.[3] UCSB attracted help from Agilent Technologies, Google, Intel, Rockwell Collins, and Verizon Communications to help with the research.[4]
The IEEE announced the formation of "IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc," to investigate the business needs for short and long term bandwidth requirements. They planned to formally announce reports of findings the first half of 2012.[5] [6]
IEEE 802.3's "400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group" started working on the 400 Gbit/s generation standard in March 2013.[7] Results are expected by 2017.[8]
See also
- Ethernet Alliance
- Optical interconnect
- Interconnect bottleneck
- Optical fiber cable
- Optical communication
- Parallel optical interface
References
- ↑ Feldman, Michael (Feb 3, 2010). "Facebook Dreams of Terabit Ethernet". HPCwire. Tabor Communications, Inc.
- ↑ Matsumoto, Craig (March 5, 2010). "Dare We Aim for Terabit Ethernet?". Light Reading. UBM TechWeb,.
- ↑ "UCSB’s Professor Daniel Blumenthal to Address the Road to Terabit Ethernet at the Ethernet Technology Summit". University of California, Santa Barbara. February 18, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Craig Matsumoto (October 26, 2010). "The Terabit Ethernet Chase Begins". Light Reading. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.
- ↑ Stephen Lawson (May 9, 2011). "IEEE Seeks Data on Ethernet Bandwidth Needs". PC World. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Max Burkhalter Brafton (12 May 2011). "Terabit Ethernet could be on its way". Perle. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.
- ↑ "400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group". Group web site. IEEE 802.3. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Jim Duffy (April 2, 2013). ""Tsunami" of bandwidth demand pushes IEEE 400G Ethernet standards process". NetworkWorld. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
Further reading
- Chris Jablonski. "Researchers to develop 1 Terabit Ethernet by 2015". ZD Net. Retrieved 9 Oct 2011.
- Iljitsch van Beijnum (Aug 2011). "Speed matters: how Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps... and beyond". Ars Technica. Retrieved 9 Oct 2011.
- Rick Merritt (9 May 2011). "IEEE Looks beyond 100G Ethernet". The Cutting Edge. Retrieved 9 Oct 2011.
- Stephen Lawson (2 Feb 2010). "Facebook Sees Need for Terabit Ethernet". PC World. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.
- IEEE Reports
- "100 gigabit Ethernet and beyond". March 2010. ISSN 0163-6804.
- "The drive towards Terabit Ethernet". July 2011. ISBN 978-1-4244-5730-4.
- "DQPSK for Terabit Ethernet in the 1310 nm band". July 2011. ISBN 978-1-4244-5730-4.
External
- West, John (Apr 3, 2009). "Terabit Ethernet on the way". insideHPC.
- Mellor, Chris (Feb 15, 2009). "Terabit Ethernet possibilities". The Register.
- Wang, Brian (Apr 24, 2008). "Terabit Ethernet around 2015".
- Duffy, Jim (Apr 20, 2009). "100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet". Network World.
- Fleishman, Glenn (Feb 13, 2009). "Terabit Ethernet becomes a photonic possibility". Ars Technica. Condé Nast.
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