Well, not exactly Klingon, but both Host Bus Adapter powerhouses chose today to announce 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs. This would be somewhat more exciting if there was any device these high-speed adapters could speak to. But switches, arrays, and drives are still a ways off. So for now, Emulex and QLogic can only speak to themselves, since after QLogic’s little stunt of “scooping” Emulex on the announcement today, it’s unlikely they’ll be too interested in speaking to each other!
I guess the egg comes before the chicken after all…
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