Intel confirms double speed Gigabit Ethernet introductions

The products include a GbE controller which includes Communications Screaming Architecture (CSA), and a 10GbE server for enterprises.

The firm has also released a small 10Gbps XFP optical transceiver that will switch at different multiple data rates and which Intel claims is the first four port GbE network adaptor for servers.

CSA, as we've written before, claims to double GbE throughput and is called the PRO/1000 CT connection, aimed at the up and coming Sprindale and Canterwood chipsets.

CSA is a bus that avoids PCI on the IO controller hub and will give bidirectional bandwidth of 2GBps.

Intel claims that the gains come when used in multitasking and with its now famous hypethreading (HT) technology, which will propagate across Pentium 4s in the second quarter of this year.

Intel said these products will either sample or ship by the end of March. The PRO/1000 CT desktop connection will cost $30, the Optical Transceiver will cost $500 when bought in volume, while the PRO/1000 MT Quad Port will cost $575. µ

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