Metcalfe Pitches Terabit Ethernet

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> From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> Date: February 23, 2008 11:04:00 AM EST
> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Metcalfe Pitches Terabit Ethernet
>
> [Note:  This item comes from friend Ken DiPietro.  Go to the article  
> for the link to the full interview.  DLH]
>
> Metcalfe Pitches Terabit Ethernet
> FEBRUARY 21, 2008
> <http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=146628&print=true>
>
> Bob Metcalfe thinks 1 Tbit/s Ethernet is inevitable, and he also  
> believes the industry will have to tear down some standards to get  
> there.
>
> The "Father of Ethernet," as he's often called, will be delivering  
> one of the keynotes at next week's OFC/NFOEC show in San Diego,  
> sketching what he believes will be the path to get to 1 Tbit/s speeds.
>
> And in an exclusive LRTV interview, Metcalfe points out that the  
> path might leave behind the equipment and even the fiber that's been  
> in the network for years.
>
> "There comes a time when standards have to be overthrown," he says.  
> "We're going down into sort of a dead end. I think that dead end is  
> deep enough that we'll get to 100 Gbit/s. The evidence is, to get to  
> terabit Ethernet, we'll have to break out of that dead end."
>
> Metcalfe, of course, has no problem with that kind of thinking.
>
> "There's now room to break loose of the stranglehold of standards  
> and now move into some really fun new technologies," he says.
>
> [snip]

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