Ethernet group may bless 40, 100G paths - Rick Merritt, EE Times

A July meeting in San Francisco could mark an historic decision point for the IEEE group trying to chart the future of Ethernet. The group is expected to propose an effort that will set standards both for 40 and 100 Gbit/second versions of the technology to meet the diverging needs of computer and communication companies. One camp of companies including Broadcom, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and others is standing firm that computers are best served by a 40 Gbit/s standard. A separate camp including Cisco Systems and others believe core networking equipment needs an 100 Gbit/s standard. Leaders of the so-called High Speed Study Group (HSSG) believe a compromise embracing both approaches could be the best route to breaking a logjam. HSSG has been at work for nearly a year and has to date requested two extensions of its work.

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