SMC, Agere team on Gigabit Ethernet switch

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
10/13/05
Today's focus: SMC, Agere team on Gigabit Ethernet switch

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Today's focus: SMC, Agere team on Gigabit Ethernet switch

By Jeff Caruso

SMC Networks this week brought out the TigerSwitch 1000, a
Gigabit Ethernet workgroup switch.

On the surface, this announcement smacks of the TigerStack 1000
series of switches that was introduced several months ago
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060805-smc.html?rl>.

The key difference is that the TigerStack 1000 series comes in
24-port and 48-port varieties and can be stacked with other
switches, while the TigerSwitch 1000 comes with 48 ports of
Gigabit Ethernet and two 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. Another
key difference is that the stackable variety does Layer 3
routing, while this new device is a Layer 2 switch. Lastly, the
stackable version costs $4,400 for 48 ports, while the
stand-alone version is $2,000.

One interesting aspect of this latest announcement is the
prominence of Agere Systems in SMC's press release. Many times,
switch makers will use integrated circuits from third parties
but won't tell you who those third parties are.

This time around, SMC is throwing around Agere's name like it
means something. SMC says it is using Agere's ET4K chip, as well
as Agere's Octal TruePHY 1081. The ET4K is a single-chip 48-port
Gigabit Ethernet switch, meaning SMC's entire box is served by
this one chip. SMC notes the efficiency of designing around a
single chip.

The chip is the newest from Agere, so both companies benefit
from getting the word out that the chip is being used. How would
users benefit? Fewer parts generally means better reliability,
and should mean lower cost. Overall, the joint announcement by
the two companies acknowledges a reality that the name inside
the box is just as important as the name on the box itself.

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