100 Gigabit Ethernet to Outsell OC-768 by 2012, According to Freesky Research.ARLINGTON, Va. -- With research labs, derivative traders, and universities anxiously awaiting the release of the 100 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. standard in 2010, the technology will outship OC-768 in just two years, 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. Freesky Research's new report, 40 and 100 Gigabit Networks: Technologies, Markets, Applications. Nonetheless, OC-768 will stick around thanks to ILECs and PTTs, who will continue to need Packet-over-SONET/SDH router ports to aggregate lower rate OC-n, STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. , and T3/E3 circuits. "One of the biggest misconceptions Misconceptions is an American sitcom television series for The WB Network for the 2005-2006 season that never aired. It features Jane Leeves, formerly of Frasier, and French Stewart, formerly of 3rd Rock From the Sun. about 40 and 100 Gigabit is that it will be dominated by telecom carriers," said David Gross David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American particle physicist and string theorist (although he's stated to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, on 09/27/2006, that the second area is included in the first one). , author of the report. "Over 70% of all 40/100 Gigabit data revenue through 2013 will come from corporations, governments, and research labs, not telcos. Therefore, it won't take long for 100 Gigabit Ethernet to roll past OC-768." The study found that telecom carriers will nonetheless be an important part of this market, but they will take a lot of direction from their large corporate customers. Additionally, ILECs and PTTs still operate well over 50,000 metro SONET/SDH rings, and cannot easily squeeze that traffic onto Ethernet frames. While OC-768 router ports will remain exceptionally expensive, it would be even more expensive to engineer a SONET over Ethernet network. Therefore, carriers will keep buying 40 Gigabit router ports well into the next decade, albeit in lower volumes than corporations and governments buy 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Where ILECs and PTTs do provision Ethernet links, it will continue to be for their corporate customers' private lines, over dedicated wavelengths, and at 40 Gigabits and under, for VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) A multipoint virtual private network (VPN) service from carriers that connects any number of Ethernet LANs together over an IP core, typically using MPLS, although other encapsulation protocols can be used. connections. As the market will splinter SPLINTER - A PL/I interpreter with debugging features. [Sammet 1969, p.600]. fairly quickly, component and system vendors who design products for specific topologies will fare better than those who strain to serve different needs equally. Vendors and press wishing to speak with the principal analyst can schedule a brief call by contacting Rachel Green at networks@freeskyresearch.com. The report is available for sale now at http://www.shop.freeskyresearch.com, and a table of contents is available at http://www.freeskyresearch.com/40_100_Gigabit_Report.html. About Freesky Research Based in the Washington, DC area, Freesky Research is a market analysis firm covering multi-gigabit wireline networks. |
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