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What If Light Peak Was Electrical Rather Than Optical?

December 10, 2010 By Stephen 1 Comment

As I considered the possibilities of the new Apple/Intel interconnect technology known as Light Peak, an odd parallel with 10 Gb Ethernet popped into my head. Much of the confusion around Light Peak revolves around connectors, power conduction, and backward-compatibility. Then, like the Grinch, I thought of something I hadn't before: Why use optical at all? 10 GBASE-T does just … [Read more...] about What If Light Peak Was Electrical Rather Than Optical?

1000Base-What?

April 17, 2010 By Stephen 8 Comments

Networking may be straightforward, but the world of networking terminology is not. I've been steeped in the strange lingo of Ethernet for many years, but I still get confused by some of the terms. What's the difference between 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-SX, and 1000BASE-T? In this post, I'm going to tackle this Ethernet network naming convention. Networking Basics Let's get the … [Read more...] about 1000Base-What?

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