Chip enables 10G Ethernet switches with higher density

摘要

Network silicon maker Solarflare Communications last week introduced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver it says will enable vendors to build switches with a higher density of copper-based 10G Ethernet ports. The 10GBase-T physical interface (PHY) uses less than 6 watts of power and has a small footprint; these features will help enable switches with as many as 48 ports of 10G Ethernet in one rack unit, the company says.They will also enable dual-port lOGBase-T network interface cards (NIC) for servers using the PCle power specification.