Small Tree Communications on Wednesday announced the availability of fiber optic-based Gigabit Ethernet cards for Power Mac and Xserve G5 systems. The cards are paired with Small Tree’s drivers and ...

Fiber optic cables are commonly used for core network lines and connections that must span long distances, such as those used by Internet service providers. This is due to the fact that fiber optic ...

Plastic optical fiber (also spelled “fibre”), commonly referred to as POF, has emerged as a low-cost alternative to traditional copper cabling in office, home and automotive networks. Continued growth ...

The concept of using passive optical LANs in enterprise campuses has been around for years, but hasn’t taken off because most businesses consider all-fiber networks to be overkill for their needs.

What's behind the IEEE 802.3cz Multi-Gigabit Glass Optical Fiber Automotive Ethernet standard. Optical vs. electrical links in automotive Ethernet. Details behind various compliance and conformance ...

The one word that usually comes to mind when the topic of fiber-optic cable comes up is “speed”—the kind of blinding speed needed in high-performance computing for within-box processing as well as ...

The UK's leading telecoms provider BT has been trialing a new type of optical fiber that could significantly boost the performance of future 5G networks. Called hollow core fiber, the technology ...

For some, switching out equipment from the cable company is simply a sign of progress. For others in the Lehigh Valley, it could mean uprooting several years worth of wiring around the house — ...

Small Tree Communications has introduced three new fiber optic-based Gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. Their advantages over the Ethernet interfacecs that come standard in Power Macs lie in the fact that ...