|
The presence of gigabit net port becomes standard for the majority of desktop motherboards , many products are even equipped with two gigabit net ports.
According to the last analytical study Of dell Oro groups, half of all dispatched in this year net controller will be integrated to the server motherboard. In the past year, this relative index was equal to only 10%. Dual gigabit ports are also important on the server market, but number of factors contributes to an increase in the popularity of net ports with a speed of 10 Gbit/s. This is the presence of the suitable infrastructure, the growing need of applications for faster information exchange and the descending prices of higher port speed . Now the cost of 10 Gbit port in the composition of controller is equal to $600, and gigabit ports with optical connections cost $200. . About 60% of sold now controllers with the support to 10 Gbit/s speed use optical connections, since the copper connections have problems with cost and energy consumption level . Related Products :
|