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Solarflare Gets $44M for 10GigE Over CopperOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: internet | Tags solarflare, gige, copper, ethernet, communications, capital,
"Today, chipmaker Solarflare Communications raised $32 million in funding and $12 million in debt for its 10-Gigabit Ethernet over copper chips — bringing its total funding to about $170 million." read more »
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FBI: widespread copper theft puts US infrastructure at riskOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 31 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: security | Tags fbi, widespread, copper, theft, infrastructure, risk,
John Timmer writes, "...infrastructure has an importance that far outweighs its price. The report describes an incident where thieves stripped a live transformer (okay, so not all these thefts are l read more »
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Copper Costs Lots Of Pretty PenniesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 226 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
Category: network | Tags copper, costs, lots, pretty, pennies, ,
Frank Bulk suggests that any business considering new wired drops for ethernet connectivity needs to rethink their network design principles - instead utilizing 11n wireless for significant cost savings. read more »
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Light to shrink computer clusters.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 367 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: hardware | Tags light, computer, clusters, copper, cpu, ,
The BBC reports that IBM researchers have manufactured in the lab chips that utilize light to transfer data instead of copper. This, if found economically viable, would provide faster performance, sm read more »
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In The Labs: 100 Gbps Over Copper.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 418 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: network | Tags labs, 100, gbps, copper, internet, cat7,
Researchers have managed to reach over 100 Gbps using copper cabling. However it is not expected to go into mass production for several generations. read more »
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USB 3.0 brings optical connection in 2008.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 476 days ago (http://www.news.com)
Category: hardware | Tags usb, intel, microsoft, hp, optical, copper,
USB 3.0 is expected to be released as a final specification in 2008 and see product releases in 2010. It will include optical wiring in addition to the current copper wiring allowing it to up speeds read more »
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