The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World
Defining and overcoming the challenges of high-speed serial interfaces for networking and interconnect applications
by John D’Ambrosia, Scientist, Force10 Networks

Editor’s Note: EN-Genius is proud to present this multi-part series on what lies beyond the 10 Gbit/s barrier for serial networking and interconnect technologies. Written by an eclectic group of leading technologists, this series will discuss the challenges they are facing as higher speeds push semiconductors to their limits and blur the once-tidy boundaries between the chips and the channels they drive. Later installments will discuss technologies, standards, and design techniques being developed to cope with this brave, post-10 Gbit/s world.

In this introductory piece, John D’Ambrosia sets the stage with a brief recap of how we got to this point and an outline of the issues that the subsequent articles will address.

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