Most switching vendors are silent on when and in what configurations they'll ship 40G Ethernet products. There are a number of reasons why, including a standard that hasn't been finalizedrn
The 1870 Transport Teraswitch (TTS) is based on a new chip from the equipment maker that cut power consumption to one-eighth that of earlier processors. Squeezing more performance out of network core equipment is the key to carriers keeping up with growing demand, says an industry analyst