The IEEE standards group has made the first move towards a next-generation Ethernet standard with plans to submit a report next year.
With internet giants Google and Facebook saying that they will need almost unthinkably fast terabit networks by 2013, according to the EE Times, moves have already begun to reach past the current 40 and 100 Gbit/second speeds which are only now appearing on the market.
However component manufacturers have warned that the Terabit goal is "unrealistic" with the current 25 Gbit/s serial rate, delivering up to 100 Gbit/s via four-lanes, remaining a focus of development.
Chair of the new IEEE Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc, John D'Ambrosia, warned that customers may need to "go back and sharpen their pencils" due to ultra high speed data connections "running into the limits of physics."
Advertisement
Related Stories
- TP-Link partners with Asda May 9th 2012 at 2:46PM
- D-Link partners with Computer 2000 Apr 19th 2012 at 12:28PM
- Interactive Ideas signs Sitecom deal Mar 7th 2012 at 10:45AM
- Distree 2012: A report from the ground Feb 8th 2012 at 5:34PM
- Plug 'n' play with new powerline products Dec 2nd 2011 at 1:02PM
- EntaTech updates its must-see event list Sep 26th 2011 at 2:04PM
- Over half of parents cyber-snoop on their kids Jul 12th 2011 at 12:47PM
- Researchers claim WiFi upgrade doubles mobile battery life Jul 4th 2011 at 6:43AM
- GCHQ spook urges curb on power line networking May 18th 2011 at 1:05AM
- Sweden tops ICT rankings Apr 14th 2011 at 10:14AM
