Intel and Level One Corporation have signed a deal to advance the adoption of Gigabit Ethernet technology. The goal of the two companies is to create specifications which allow Gigabit products to be used on category 5 copper wiring.
Networking specialist Broadcom has joined forces with its rivals to speed the development of Gigabit Ethernet technology. The vendors intend to fight the perception that expensive upgrades are necessary to allow Gigabit Ethernet to be run on...
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled a range of switch and server modules which support Gigabit Ethernet on standard copper wiring. The modules are designed for use with HP's ProCurve range of Ethernet switches, and support 1000Mbps connections over...
Sun has announced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet alliance to boost the technology's take-up in the marketplace. Giants of the Web's infrastructure - including 3Com, Cisco, Intel, Nortel and Sun - are behind the scheme, which aims to make 10 Gigabit...
The adoption of Gigabit Ethernet over copper will drive the take-up of Gigabit technology over the next 12 months, according to Intel. Horwat added that even existing customers could take advantage with the release of Intel's Gigabit over copper...
Figures from research company Rhetorik show companies in the UK have taken to Gigabit Ethernet as a fast networking backbone technology over the past year. Gigabit's slower cousin Fast Ethernet is also reported to have increased its market share.