Development of Industry’s First Media Converter in Compliance with 40 Gigabit Ethernet Standard by Hitachi Cable
In order to cope with overwhelmingly growing volumes of data transmission with in the network cause by introduction of various IT systems such as IP telephony and TV conferencing as well as Web access, e-mailing and file sharing just to name a few has forced organization to switch interoffice networks from the conventional dedicated telecommunication lines such as ATM and SONET to much faster, high-capacity and cost effective wide area Ethernet networks. As a result of this IEEE802 committee is working toward standardization of next generation 40 Gigabit/100 Gigabit Ethernet. Based on this standard, Hitachi cable has made an announcement on development of industry’s first media converter in compliance with new 40 Gigabit Ethernet interface standard. Read more
