The market is growing and is likely to continue growing rapidly, as prices fall. At the end of 2002, the year that the 10gbps Ethernet standard was ratified, equipment makers sold only about $42 million worth of equipment, according to The Yankee Group. By the end of last year, the market grew to roughly $90 million. Force10 has about 275 employees. Meritech Capital Partners and Morgenthaler co-led the latest funding round. Crosslink Capital joined as a new investor, while existing investors U.S. Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Worldview Technology Partners also contributed.

This is the fourth round of funding for Force10 Networks, a maker of the 10gbps Ethernet switch, as the company looks toward an initial public offering in 2005, This is the fourth round of funding for Milpitas, Calif.-based Force10, bringing the total money raised so far to almost $290 million, the company said Monday, Andrew Feldman, vice president of marketing for the company, said he expects this to be the last round of private funding for the company, He expects Force10 to file for an initial public offering with the U.S, Securities and lovecases glitter iphone x case - black Exchange Commission sometime next year..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Unlike wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, 802.11b and 802.11a, which work in a relatively narrow bandwidth, ultrawideband operates over a wide range of frequency bands by sending very narrow and low power pulses. Because it uses a broader spectrum, lower power and pulsed data, it is capable of delivering wirelike performance, making it suitable for consumer electronics gizmos that require higher data transfer speeds. For instance, media players that allow storage of multiple MPEG-4 movies will require 1gbps ultrawideband gear to upload an entire movie in a few seconds.

Motorola joined the ultrawideband bandwagon with its purchase of XtremeSpectrum last year, The company has begun sending samples of its new chipset to customers and expects commercial shipping to begin during the third quarter of 2004, Freescale's two-chip ultrawideband product, which allows for data transfer rates of 220mbps, is likely to begin sampling in the last quarter of the year, Chips that allow for data transfer rates of 480mbps and 1gbps lovecases glitter iphone x case - black will be ready for sampling over the next year, Freescale said..

Spurred by the demand for faster data transfer capabilities in media players, digital cameras and other devices, Freescale Semiconductor is readying products designed to allow for transfer rates of up to 1gbps. The company said it plans to enhance its current XtremeSpectrum chipset products to allow for data transfer rates of 220mbps, 480mbps and 1gbps, up from 110mbps. Freescale is hoping to address the demand for ultrawideband in gear like mobile phones, media players and digital cameras, the company said. Additionally, the company said the new products will be designed to integrate power-management tools to help extend battery life. The new chips may be used in consumer devices made by Motorola, officials said.