10 Gigabit Ethernet Prices Plummet in 4Q03 According to Dell'Oro Group.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004 According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dell'Oro Group, the average selling price The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. for 10 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. fell sequentially by almost 60% in 4Q03, which contributed to a four-fold Adj. 1. four-fold - having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate, fourfold increase in port shipments. Helped by declining component costs, increased line card port-densities, and system vendors targeting the price-sensitive enterprise market, per-port prices have fallen by over $30,000 since 4Q02. "Although still a relatively small market in comparison to the more mature technologies such as Gigabit and Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , these dramatic price drops should help facilitate continued strong growth for 10 Gigabit Ethernet. A 10 Gigabit Ethernet port now offers a discount on a dollar-per-gigabit-of-bandwidth basis over a similar, high-end Gigabit Ethernet port, making it attractive for enterprise applications such as inter-campus, backbone and data center connections," said Seamus Crehan, Director at Dell'Oro Group.
4Q03 Market Leaders (Port Shipments) - 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Quarterly
Total Market 4Q03 Growth
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Port Shipments 4,863 + 288%
Vendor Rank Growth
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Cisco 1 +735%
Foundry 2 +23%
Extreme 3 +20%
Others* N/A +111%
* Others include Atrica, Force10, and NEC.
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