Racing to 100 GB: Alcatel-Lucent Boosts Speeds on Routers, Switches by Silicon semiconductor

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:36 -0600

Racing to 100 GB: Alcatel-Lucent Boosts Speeds on Routers, Switches

by Silicon semiconductor @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:36 -0600



The explosion of online video and the rising tide of all kinds of data are only going to put more demands on our networking infrastructure — 100 GB is seen as a way to meet that growing need. Today, Alcatel-Lucent launched new 100 Gb Ethernet capabilities, which will be part of its 7750 Router and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch. These devices are focused on the metro and edge markets. Alcatel-Lucent is using the home-grown FP2 silicon for this new platform. ...