Chelsio Communications, which supplies 10Gb Ethernet adapters, introduced its Unified Wire API for 40G and 100G speeds. The standardized API can run unmodified Fibre Channel and InfiniBand applications concurrently over Ethernet, while future protecting all OEM software investments. All software written to this API will be portable across future generations of Chelsio ASICs.
Chelsio Releases Unified Wire API for 40/100G Ethernet
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