100-Gbps Ethernet is coming

摘要

On December 5, the IEEE formally established IEEE 802.3ba as the designation for a 100-Gbps and 40-Gbps Ethernet communications standard. Higher-speed Ethernet is being driven by our insatiable appetite for bandwidth. Much of the demand comes from on-demand IPTV, peer-to-peer video, and video-sharing Web sites such as YouTube.