Thursday, March 8th 2012
Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Brings 10GbE to the Masses
Today, Intel announced the Intel Ethernet Controller X540, the industry's first fully integrated 10GBASE-T controller. This space-saving single-chip solution delivers outstanding performance for low-cost, low-power LAN on motherboard (LOM) and Converged Network Adapter (CNA) designs. The Intel Ethernet Controller X540 will help drive broader 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adoption by providing connections that are backward-compatible with existing Gigabit Ethernet networks. Like other Intel Ethernet 10 Gigabit products, the Intel Ethernet Controller X540 features advanced I/O virtualization, supports Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and takes advantage of platform I/O enhancements in the Intel Xeon processor E5 family.
Source:
Intel.com
25 Comments on Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Brings 10GbE to the Masses
ark.intel.com/products/60020/Intel-Ethernet-Controller-X540-AT2
no doubt the prices will come down once it becomes more widely available and no longer seen as a more specialist peice of kit like the £5 ethernet cards out there.
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The $124 price is for the embeddable chip (x540 AT2). (onboard for server OEMs)
There is not a recommended price for the full card (x540 T2).
ark.intel.com/products/58954/Intel-Ethernet-Converged-Network-Adapter-X540-T2
Btw - FreedomEclipse .... vat alone in DK is 25%...and then comes the taxes :ohwell:
But as Frick pointet out - no medical bills and other social stuff.....
Ive bought tonnes of shit from them. Never had a problem
The retailer with the next highest rating is Misco but they are charging £629.99 - that reputable enough for you??
I'm guessing 10Gbe protocol does away with the frame size issue?
Really, though, I can saturate my 1Gbe pretty easily when my system is backing up to the server. I've got a couple decent RAID sets going and that's not even accounting for SSDs which are getting pretty prominent.
PREDICTION (i know, dangerous ground here): We'll see 10Gbe in the consumer space in <3 years from today.
Also,That's a heck of a bad prediction. Consumer 10GbE in less than 3 years from 2012? Maybe another 8 years...