Networking
One of the more subtle trends at this year's Computex was that the majority of high-end motherboards now come equipped with a 5GbE network controller. At present, this might be considered a limited benefit as 5GbE and 10GbE switches and routers are still pretty expensive. But Realtek is planning on tackling the issue from both ends, as the company is preparing a hardware platform for sub-$100 5GbE switches. Realtek’s quad-port 5GbE switch platform consists of five key chips: one RTL9303 switch system-on-chip, and four RTL8251B 5GbE physical interfaces (PHYs). The chips are accompanied by various other components, such as power management ICs, but in general it relies solely on in-house developed components, which is why it can be made so cheap. RealTek's platform is...
Immersion Server Liquid Cooling: ZTE Makes a Splash at MWC
Big data centers are often cooled by air, and large HVAC/air-conditioning machines. The ones near the Arctic Circle can rely on the outside air to help. If a center...
11 by Ian Cutress on 3/12/2018
AKiTiO’s Thunder3 10G Adapter Now Available: TB3-to-10GbE for Sub-$300
AKiTiO has quietly begun to sell its Thunderbolt 3 to 10 GbE network adapter, which it first demonstrated at Computex 2017. The device is based on a 10 GbE...
25 by Anton Shilov on 2/13/2018
Solving the Automotive Bandwidth Problem: Aquantia Partners with NVIDIA for 10GbE
One of the lesser known topics around fully autonomous vehicles is one of transporting data around. There are usually two options: transport raw image and sensor data with super...
25 by Ian Cutress on 1/29/2018
Micron, Rambus, & Others Team Up To Spur GDDR6 Adoption in Non-GPU Products
For regular AnandTech readers, the drums of GDDR6 have been beating loudly for most of the last year now. The new memory standard replaces the venerable GDDR5 memory, which...
15 by Ryan Smith on 1/23/2018
Huawei Pushes G.hn Powerline Networking with the WiFi Q2 Whole-Home Wi-Fi Solution
Mesh networking / whole-home Wi-Fi systems have seen rapid growth over the last couple of years. Almost all vendors in the consumer networking space have one or more offerings...
9 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2018
D-Link Expands Covr Mesh Networking Lineup, 802.11ax Routers in 2H 2018
LAS VEGAS, NV — D-Link entered the mesh networking market with its Covr lineup of devices last year. Most vendors had launched their mesh platforms with a kit comprised...
2 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2018
Netgear at CES 2018: Nighthawk Gaming Router, N-BASET Switch, and More
Netgear is introducing a number of new products at CES 2018 in hitherto untapped market segments within the networking domain. Netgear is introducing the Nighthawk Pro family at CES...
24 by Ganesh T S on 1/8/2018
ASUS CES 2018: RT-AX88U 802.11ax Router Gets a Date, & ASUS Adds Smart Speakers
LAS VEGAS, NV — Along with their other devices being announced today, ASUS has several new products in their Connected Devices lineup, including mesh networking with smart speakers, and...
0 by Brett Howse on 1/8/2018
It’s Actually an Intel Chip: Rivet Networks Launches the Killer Wireless-AC 1550
LAS VEGAS, NV — One of the main criticisms about the Killer network controllers, either wireless or wired, is that they aren't Intel. The hardware isn't Intel, or the...
19 by Ian Cutress on 1/8/2018
Linksys at CES 2018: Velop Updates, and a Gaming Router for the Xbox
LAS VEGAS, NV — Belkin has come out with a trio of updates at CES 2018. While two are related to their Linksys offerings, their home automation / IoT...
3 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2018
Marvell Announces 802.11ax Wireless Portfolio
Today Marvell announces the introduction of their new 802.11ax wireless portfolio which promises to be the company's first product line laying the groundwork for advancing the new wireless standard...
5 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/11/2017
Aquantia to Sell Its 5G and 10G Network Cards for $59 and $69 on Black Friday
Aquantia got a lot of positive publicity this year with its relatively inexpensive 5G and 10G network cards, which brought multi-gigabit Ethernet down to around $100, making them some...
41 by Anton Shilov on 11/23/2017
Marvell to Acquire Cavium for $5.5 Billion, Augmenting Marvell's CPU, Networking, & Security Assets
Marvell and Cavium on Monday announced that they had reached a definitive buyout agreement. Under the terms of the transaction, Marvell will acquire all outstanding shares of Cavium for...
11 by Anton Shilov on 11/21/2017
GIGABYTE’s GC-AQC107 10G Ethernet PCIe Card Launched and Listed
GIGABYTE has added the GC-AQC107 10 GbE PCIe card it demonstrated early this year at CES to the list of products on its website. The product is also listed...
33 by Anton Shilov on 11/9/2017
Securifi Almond Guard DIY Home Security System: A Beta-Testing Report
Securifi's products have been covered before on AnandTech. They were the first consumer networking equipment vendor to successfully integrate a working IoT hub in a Wi-Fi router. By integrating...
15 by Ganesh T S on 11/7/2017
Multiple WiFi Encryption Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Affecting Almost Everything
Today a collection of severe security vulnerabilities in the WPA2 encryption protocol for Wi-Fi are being disclosed, along with a proof of concept exploit. The weaknesses center around the...
39 by Billy Tallis on 10/16/2017
ARRIS Announces 802.11ac Wave 2-capable SGB6950-AC2 & SBG7400-AC2 Cable Modem Gateways
ARRIS introduced two new Wave 2 Wi-Fi gateways to its Secure Home Gateway portfolio with its ARRIS SURFboard SBG6950-AC2 and SBG7400-AC2 gateways. The Secure Home Gateway series of devices...
12 by Joe Shields on 9/27/2017
Netgear Launches Smart Cloud Devices with Insight Management for Business Networks
Netgear is a popular vendor in the SMB and SME market segments for switches and access points. While they do have full-blown managed switches, their smart offerings (which rely...
2 by Ganesh T S on 9/19/2017ASRock's X10 IoT Router Now Available: 802.11ac, GbE, ZigBee, and IR
ASRock has started sales of their new smart connected home router, the X10. The new device supports not only 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet like any modern networking router...
18 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2017
Netgear Launches Orbi Pro Wi-Fi System Kit for SMBs
Netgear's Orbi Wi-Fi system has emerged as one of the leading mesh / Wi-Fi systems in the market in terms of performance. The platform, with its FastLane 3 marketing...
11 by Ganesh T S on 8/31/2017
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