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Sales of Ethernet switches remain flat, but the market for 40 gigabit per second switches is increasing:
The total Q3 Ethernet switch market revenue was $6.1 billion, just two per cent higher than for the same quarter in 2014, and the enterprise share slipped from Q2 to Q3 by 7.2 per cent.
North America was the best place to be selling switches in 2015, with IDC saying is rose 8.2 per cent year-on-year. The Asia-Pac rose 3.9 per cent, China by 3.6 per cent, and Western Europe was nearly flat at 0.8 per cent.
[...] A bright spot for vendors is that customers seem to be drinking the 40 Gbps kool-aid. While 10 Gbps port shipments rose by 27.4 per cent, prices are falling, so the segment value dipped by 1.6 per cent. The 40 Gbps segment, on the other hand, rose 41.4 per cent year-on-year to a value of $644 million.
More info about 25 Gigabit Ethernet (and 50), and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (and 40).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 10 2015, @11:11PM
I know that there are places where 10+ GigE is important, but most offices and businesses don't have a use for it that justifies the price. If you have 16 PCs running Excel and Word, you don't need data-center-level networking, and you sure don't need to pay for it.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 11 2015, @12:44AM
It's down to getting the hardware support for it.
802.11ac Wi-Fi rollout has been pretty swift. It's supported by high-end smartphones, laptops, and my $100 Chromebook. Theoretically, the most expensive 802.11ac devices packed with antennae could be capable of transmitting 6.77 Gbps. 1-2 Gbps is more realistic, and more than 1 Gbps Ethernet can transfer.
Google Fiber is promising 10 Gbps home and business connections "in the future". While that is more likely to be used by several users with 10/100/1000 devices, such a rollout would be a reason to think about adding 10 GigE to more laptops and workstations.
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