Data Center Consolidation Enables Higher-Performing Products, Report FindsPRNewswire New, cost-effective switching devices and chipsets will become available due to data center consolidation, says Light Reading's Components Insider NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Data center consolidation is making room for a new generation of switching devices and chipsets that will make a significant difference to server and data center performance in a cost-effective package, according to the latest edition of Light Reading's Components Insider (www.lightreading.com/commchip), a paid research service of TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com). Data Center Switch Chipsets: Balancing Performance & Cost includes information and analysis on more than 50 high-speed switch chipsets and devices from 10 suppliers, covering 10-Gbit/s Ethernet, PCI Express, InfiniBand, and proprietary switching technologies. Switching technologies and their primary applications are detailed and compared, and key performance data is presented for the latest products. The report also includes a competitive analysis of vendor strategies for each high-speed chipset product sector. For a complete list of companies covered in this report, http://img.lightreading.com/cci/pdf/cci0109companies.pdf "The introduction of cost-effective 10GE switches and network interface cards with 10GE interfaces is having a dramatic impact on the data center network," notes Simon Stanley, research analyst for Light Reading's Components Insider and author of the report. "With Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), low-latency switching, and enhanced congestion management, 10GE is ready to become the common network technology for the data center." As vendors introduce new products to the data center, they are allowing the network to significantly better its performance, Stanley says. "Silicon vendors are responding to demands from the data center for a new generation of switching devices and chipsets that can deliver high bandwidths with lossless transport in a cost-effective package," he continues. "These highly integrated switch devices and chipsets are giving the data center network a much-needed boost." Key findings of Data Center Switch Chipsets: Balancing Performance & Cost include the following:
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