Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Solarflare | Subject: Solarstorm 10G Ethernet Controller
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 02 February 2007
Controller enables full range 10Gbit/s
Ethernet
Demonstration in demanding alien crosstalk environment shows the robustness of 10 Gigabit Ethernet to 100m on unshielded twisted pair cabling.
Systimax Solutions and Solarflare Communications have performed the industry's first public performance demonstration using Solarflare's Solarstorm 10GBase-T server adapters and the Systimax Gigaspeed X10D cabling solution The demonstration occurred in a demanding alien crosstalk environment to show the robustness of 10 Gigabit Ethernet to 100m on unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 31 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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