BAD HARDWARE WEEK

Sounds stupid, but check yourself. “new fiber, new lasers, new everything.”
I say: what about latency and transport efficiency?
Currently, the IEEE 802.3ba task force is working on 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. Work is fairly early on, and some projections indicate a standard by 2010.

SAN DIEGO--Terabit Ethernet networks are coming, said Bob Metcalfe, a partner at Polaris Ventures who is credited with having invented Ethernet more than 35 years ago. But it’s not clear exactly when, he said. And it’s less clear what network architectures will be needed to enable them.

Addressing the OFC NFOEC show today, Metcalfe said terabit-per-second Ethernet networks might be deployed by 2015, adding, “I’m not sure.”