Company Expected to Make Key Contributions to Standards Task Force
Irvine, CA, November 18, 2002 – SolarFlare Communications, Inc., a leading developer of high-performance semiconductors for physical layer connectivity, applauds the recent approval by the IEEE 802.3 committee to authorize a Study Group for creating a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet standard for twisted-pair copper media.
Industry experts meeting in Kauai this week approved expanding on the 802.3(tm) standard to include an option for 10 Gigabit Ethernet over twisted-pair copper wiring interfaces. SolarFlare’s tutorial on implementing a 10GE PHY for this media addressed many of the concerns about the technology’s practicality and helped to create the environment for moving forward on the standards track. The 802.3(tm) standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet was recently ratified at the July 2002 plenary session, but was limited to fiber media connections. “With the effort underway to extend the natural evolution of Ethernet to include 10Gbit/s connections over structured wiring, the potential for accelerating 10GE adoption in this market growth is happening now,” said Dr. George Zimmerman, CTO of Solarflare. “We expect to be a key contributor helping to create the 10GBASE-T standard.”
SolarFlare Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to becoming the leading provider of innovative solutions to increase the capacity limits of communications channels. SolarFlare’s products redefine the speed and distance capabilities of installed infrastructure as well as new types of low-cost physical media allowing existing networks to migrate to higher speeds economically and making possible significant new markets.
Ahmet Tuncay
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