Intel will promote the Advanced Switching specification, a derivative of the PCI Express standard for servers and PCs, for connecting chips and circuit boards inside networking equipment. PCI runs at 133MHz while PCI Express, the mother spec of...
In addition, Sonoma is expected to include support for the Azalia audio interface; for the PCI Express connection technology for PCs and peripherals; and for Serial ATA, a high-speed interface standard for disk drives that cuts down on the cabling...
Channels in PCI Express - a faster connection for shuttling data within a PC - can pass data at 2.5gbps, but metal channels will likely top out at 10gbps and 20gbps because of signal attenuation and other problems, said Ian Young, director of...
Bidders have until 4 March 2005 to express interest and the CPS expects to issue invitations to up to seven suppliers to tender in April. An advanced wiring infrastructure and state of the art switching system now supports wireless telephony, home...
The deal fills out Cisco's array of switching products, which also includes Ethernet gear for internet and intranet connections and multiprotocol MDS switches for storage area networks. The acquisition gives the networking giant access to Topspin's...
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in a statement: "With quad-core processing, a new PCI Express architecture and the fastest workstation card from Nvidia, the new Power Mac G5 Quad is the most...