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>Previously these were (and have been called) 56G, but Intel is using the term 58G because it believes that its solution will perform better than other 56G solu
by dooglius 9y ago
>Previously these were (and have been called) 56G, but Intel is using the term 58G because it believes that its solution will perform better than other 56G solutions on the market, enough to call it a 58G device.
G here should mean Gbps, it's a technical description not a marketing term. Either the transceivers can be configured for 29GHz PAM4, or they can't, I don't see how there's room for interpretation here.
- oakwhiz 9y ago"Ours goes up to eleven."
- technion 9y agoI had a server vendor selling "hot swap RAID drives", where you couldn't swap disks without a power down. They assured me "hot swap" is a marketing term. I don't trust any marketing material any more.
- kingosticks 9y agoWhere does anandtech get this from? The Intel press release very clearly states: > up to 144 transceiver lanes with serial data rates of 1 to 58 Gbps And the Altera website agrees: https://www.altera.com/solutions/technology/transceiver/overview.html https://www.altera.com/solutions/technology/transceiver/over...
- dooglius 9y agoHmm, I wonder if they initially designed it only for 56G but they found that it worked acceptably well up to 58G after tape-out.