The “Tomahawk” switch chips from Broadcom, which are based on the new 25G Ethernet standard crafted by hyperscalers, are starting to appear in more and more devices. This week, it is Dell’s turn to ...

That’s much higher than previous Network World tests we’ve done involving modular core switches; typically those tests involved 1,024 or fewer groups. In the layer-3 case, subscribers on 383 receiver ...

Belden Inc. has redesigned its Layer 3 modular Gigabit switch to create a new version, the MSP30-X Modular Switch, which is suited for extreme environments. The switch not only maintains its modular ...

One size does not fit all when it comes to merchant silicon chips that are used to build network devices for enterprise, hyperscale, and service provider customers. Broadcom is more or less the ...

10G Ethernet vendor Force10 Networks is changing the operating system on its data center switches to NetBSD, an open source platform, with the aim of improving switch performance for customers. The ...