Networking
One of the more subtle trends at this year's Computex was that the majority of high-end motherboards now come equipped with a 5GbE network controller. At present, this might be considered a limited benefit as 5GbE and 10GbE switches and routers are still pretty expensive. But Realtek is planning on tackling the issue from both ends, as the company is preparing a hardware platform for sub-$100 5GbE switches. Realtek’s quad-port 5GbE switch platform consists of five key chips: one RTL9303 switch system-on-chip, and four RTL8251B 5GbE physical interfaces (PHYs). The chips are accompanied by various other components, such as power management ICs, but in general it relies solely on in-house developed components, which is why it can be made so cheap. RealTek's platform is...
Netgear Updates Networking Lineup at CES
Netgear's flagship router - the Nighthawk X8 (R8500) - was launched in October. At CES, Netgear took the opportunity to upgrade the Nighthawk X4 line. Interestingly, the original X4...
6 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2016
Linksys Expands Max-Stream Networking Lineup at CES
Linksys was one of the first vendors to jump on to the MU-MIMO bandwagon last year with the launch of the EA8500 AC2400-class 802.11ac router. The Max-Stream branding is...
1 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2016
Synology Demonstrates RT1900ac 802.11ac Router at CES
Synology had organized the Synology 2016 Conference back in September 2015 to talk about their plans for the next couple of quarters. We had covered it in great detail...
17 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2016
Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 Router Brings Link Aggregation Mainstream
The average consumer equipment's wired ports have been stuck at 1 Gbps for quite some time. On the other hand, 802.11ac enables router manufacturers to market multi-gigabit Wi-Fi. Power...
67 by Ganesh T S on 12/31/2015
Host-Independent PCIe Compute: Where We're Going, We Don't Need Nodes
The typical view of a cluster or supercomputer that uses a GPU, an FPGA or a Xeon Phi type device is that each node in the system requires one...
8 by Ian Cutress on 12/21/2015
Omni-Path Switches at SuperComputing 15: Supermicro and Dell
It was clear at SuperComputing 15 that Intel had two main things in mind to promote: Knights Landing, their new Xeon Phi product, and Omni-Path, their new 100 Gbps...
10 by Ian Cutress on 11/24/2015
Netgear Expands Smart Home Lineup with Arlo Q IP Camera
Netgear's push into the consumer IP camera / smart home space began with the Arlo Wire-Free cameras launched last year. The first generation Arlo cameras aimed at addressing the...
6 by Ryan Smith on 11/16/2015
Intel's Xeon D Product Family Updated with Storage and Networking-Specific SKUs
Intel's Xeon D has been one of the most exciting platforms to come out of Intel this year. Xeon D has created more excitement in the micro-server / edge...
17 by Ganesh T S on 11/9/2015
Marvell Announces First MoChi Architecture Modules: SoCs Go To Pieces
Much has been written over the last few years on the significant cost issues semiconductor companies are and will be facing over the coming years. While newer manufacturing nodes...
7 by Ryan Smith on 10/6/2015
Netgear Nighthawk X8 (R8500) Wave 2 802.11ac Router Set to Ship
Broadcom's XStream platform has enjoyed quite a bit of success in the Wi-Fi router market despite its high cost. The first generation XStream platform used a 3x3 configuration for...
29 by Ganesh T S on 10/1/2015
Asus RT-AC5300U 802.11ac Router - 4x4 MU-MIMO with Broadcom XStream
Asus announced the RT-AC5300U 802.11ac router using Broadcom's tri-band Wi-Fi chipset at IFA 2015 today. This is meant to be a flagship router with AC5300 speeds (1000 Mbps on...
40 by Ganesh T S on 9/2/2015
Netgear Launches XS728T 28-port 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch
In early 2013, Netgear launched the XS708E (8x 10GBASE-T with 1x shared 10G SFP+) unmanaged switch, the XS712T (12x 10GBASE-T with 2x shared 10G SFP+) smart managed switch and...
11 by Ganesh T S on 8/31/2015
Exploring Intel’s Omni-Path Network Fabric
For several months now we have been talking about Intel’s Omni-Path network fabric, the company’s next-generation 100Gbps netwoking fabric technology. Typically Omni-Path has come up alongside discussions of Intel’s...
16 by Ryan Smith on 8/26/2015
Ruckus Unifies Controller Product Platforms under SmartZone Umbrella
The enterprise Wi-Fi market has been growing at a tremendous rate, thanks to the proliferation of smart wireless devices (even in business settings). There are many vendors targeting the...
2 by Ganesh T S on 5/19/2015
Linksys EA8500 - First MU-MIMO Enabled 802.11ac Router Set to Ship
Readers following our wireless networking coverage must be quite familiar with the developments in 802.11ac land. As a recap: The first 3-stream 802.11ac routers (based on the Broadcom BCM4706 chipset...
83 by Ganesh T S on 5/7/2015
ZyXEL Launches Affordable 10G Switches, Brings UTM Devices to Home Users
ZyXEL has a track record of making affordable networking equipment for both home users and service providers. Post-CES, the company has made a couple of product line announcements that...
29 by Ganesh T S on 2/24/2015
Netgear Introduces ReadyNAS 3130 Rackmount NAS
Netgear is introducing a trio of products targeting SMBs and SMEs today. The primary product is a modular switch chassis, while the second one is a new WLAN controller...
0 by Ganesh T S on 1/19/2015
Netgear Launches ARM Cortex-A15-based ReadyNAS 200 Series
Netgear's major announcement at CES 2015 was the ReadyNAS 200 series of NAS units targeting the SOHO market and power users. This lineup has two members, a 2-bay RN202...
10 by Ganesh T S on 1/15/2015
TRENDnet's Networking Solutions at CES 2015
We made our annual customary visit to TRENDnet's suite at CES 2015. Just like last year, TRENDnet has put faith in the latest chipsets from Qualcomm Atheros, be it...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2015
D-Link's Networking Solutions at CES 2015
D-Link had one of the most exciting networking suites at CES 2015. The fact that they seem to be having the lead when it comes to adopting Broadcom's latest...
8 by Ganesh T S on 1/13/2015
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