Abstract :
Tremendous network traffic growth, along with an increase in multimedia and other data-intensive traffic, has driven the potential need for high-performance networking technology offering transmission rates of 10 to 40 Gbits per second. Companies such as Internet exchange providers, which connect ISPs to one another, are currently buying 10-Gbps networking products. Companies such as Broadcom, Intel, and Quake Technologies are thus continuing to produce new, faster optical networking chips and hoping their business will turn around when the economy does.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre networks; 10 to 40 Gbit/s; Broadcom; ISP; Intel; Internet exchange providers; Quake Technologies; data-intensive traffic; high-performance networking technology; multimedia traffic; optical networking chips; CMOS technology; Energy consumption; Ethernet networks; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical materials; SONET;
