alt Hacker News"Values up to 999G are supported, more than enough for interfaces today and the future." - Article
"When we set the upper limit of PC-DOS at 640K, we thought nobody would ever need that much memory." - Bill Gates
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bitfilped • today at 2:43 PM
Yes, we're already running 800G networks, so this phrasing seems really silly to me.
WhyNotHugo • today at 1:56 PM
Honestly, I'm really curious about this number. 10bits is 1024, so why 999G specifically?
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> "Values up to 999G are supported, more than enough for interfaces today and the future." - Article
Especially given that IEEE 802.3dj is working on 1.6T / 1600G, and is expected to publish the final spec in Summer/Autumn 2026:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabit_Ethernet
Currently these interfaces are only on switches, but there are already NICs at 800G (P1800GO, Thor Ultra, ConnectX-8/9), so if you LACP/LAGG two together your bond is at 1600G.