Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ports, it’s either referred to as a router, or a switch, sometimes people will even use the word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem. A router ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's no denying that society has become dependent on Wi-Fi. Sometimes, however, you need the speed, stability, and security that only a ...

Two decades ago, the hyperscalers and cloud builders started remaking the Ethernet switch market in the datacenter in their own image, and now it looks like AI training and inference is going to morph ...

Before Wi-Fi became ubiquitous, Ethernet was the way to link devices together. By running Ethernet cables in a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), you could send traffic back and ...

The micro switch market is valued at USD 0.79 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 1.04 billion by 2030, growing at a 5.73% CAGR. Growth is supported by increasing use in automotive systems, ...

You need at least a pair of “switches”, and you really need more. But there are multiple options for what you buy to do switching with for the lab, and those choices impact the topology you end up ...

The original design manufacturers, or ODMs, as well as the portions of the original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, that act like ODMs in that they create custom machines for hyperscalers and cloud ...

Broadcom Inc. has launched the Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads. Designed for HPC environments and AI clusters, the Tomahawk Ultra delivers ...

Marvell’s new generation of automotive-grade Ethernet switch chips features higher bandwidth and port counts along with a suite of networking and security technologies to lock down data traveling ...