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Article: SMC ships high-speed copper alternative; * SMC ships controversial Vativ technology.(SMC Networks Inc., Vativ Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
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- Network World
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- January 17, 2006
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Byline: Jeff Caruso
SMC Networks this week said it is shipping the "the industry's first 10 Gigabit Ethernet over CAT-5e transceivers." However,
it should be noted that these are based on Vativ Technologies' approach.
You may remember the controversy over Vativ's technology, which I discussed in a couple of newsletters last year. I passed
along the comments from both the IEEE 802.3an Task Force chair and Vativ's director of marketing. You can find those newsletters
in our archive, here and here.
Vativ argued that its approach to 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper is superior to that of the standards body. The company's