NEC is developing a system that can extend the conventional PCI Express interface found in most PCs and servers over standard Ethernet to distances of 2 kilometers or more. ExpEther, as the company ...

Broadcom last week shipped several Gigabit Ethernet controllers that take advantage of the new, high-speed PCI Express bus that is being used in servers. Broadcom says the devices are the first ...

A Gigabit Ethernet controller incorporating a PCI Express interface takes advantage of the high-throughput, low latency capabilities of PCI Express to deliver true gigabit performance. These enhanced ...

Today Norway’s Dolphin Interconnect Solutions demonstrated record a low latency of 300 nanoseconds at IDF 2015. Dolphin achieved this record by adding Intel Xeon Non Transparent Bridging (NTB) support ...

Ethernet remains the network of choice, but now there are alternatives to running it on the backplane. PLX Technology looks to tunnel Ethernet via PCI Express (PCIe), allowing both protocols to run ...

Sonnet Technologies has announced the launch of its Presto 10GbE 1-Port and Presto 10GbE Server 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) PCIe cards. These Sonnet adapter cards enable users to connect their ...

SiS’ newest southbridge chipset, the SiS965, was designed with the latest market trends in mind, featuring support for next generation technologies that are redefining the PC industry. The SiS965 ...

Engineers at Facebook have created a custom PCI Express card which serves as a very accurate Time Appliance, and released it as open source, so distributed systems can benefit from microsecond-level ...

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