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History of 10GE development
10GE was formally ratified by the IEEE in 2002 as 802.3ae. 10GE built upon existing Ethernet technology, and this can be seen by the fact that it maintains the 802.3 Ethernet frame size and format, although half duplex mode is no longer supported. In the four years since its ratification, 10GE has become more and more popular, and is now seen as a cost-effective and high performance solution for service providers and large enterprises.

  
       
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Ten times increase in bandwidth
The existing bandwidth limit for networks in 2001 was gigabit Ethernet, so the arrival of 10GE marked a ten times increase in available bandwidth to networks and their users, and potentially a ten times improvement in network performance and productivity. Going back to as recently as a decade ago, 10Mbps was common place in networks. Within ten years, therefore, networks have seen a 1000 times increase in available bandwidth.		  
       
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Cutting edge technology
The arrival of 10GE can be seen to be the answer to the problems faced by many existing networks, and the technology itself is cutting-edge. 10GE is the very latest in bandwidth technology and as a result of its recent arrival, is likely to remain the leading technology for many years. Enterprises are picking up on the benefits of 10GE and are increasingly pushing to implement and integrate 10GE into existing networks and to build new networks around the new technology. New designs and higher density products mean that prices have come down since its inception, and increasingly, 10GE is being incorporated into network designs.
 
       
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Future of 10GE
For the foreseeable future, 10GE is likely to remain at the cutting edge of technology and will become more and more commonplace in networks of all sizes and requirements. Although tentative plans are in place to develop 40GE, but the need for 40GE is not great, whereas 10GE emerged to solve an immediate solution. The fact that 10GE presently meets and surpasses the requirements of almost all networks, means that 10GE is likely to continue to grow in popularity and remain the standard technology for years to come.
  
       
 

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