NEC Corp. 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 ...

During the past few years, various technologies have vied for dominance as the preferred next-generation computer interconnect. The resultant claims and counterclaims from various camps have confused ...

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 ...

A new 3U OpenVPX PCI Express and Ethernet hybrid switch has been designed to provide 10 times the I/O bandwidth of current systems, paving the way for a new generation of high performance embedded ...

No matter what, system architects are always going to have to contend with one – and possibly more – bottlenecks when they design the machines that store and crunch the data that makes the world go ...

Texas Instruments has developed a custom solution for running PCI Express hardware over gigabit-Ethernet Cat6-grade cabling. While it’s not part of the new PCI Express standard (which means it won’t ...

Until now, the boundaries between PCI Express (PCIe) and Ethernet were clearly defined -- PCIe as a chip-to-chip interconnect, and Ethernet as a system-to-system technology. There are good reasons ...

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 (1.24 miles) or more. ExpEther, as ...