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`IEEE 802.3™ 'STANDARD FOR ETHERNET' MARKS 30 YEARS OF INNOVATION AND GLOBAL
`MARKET GROWTH
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`Thousands of individuals worldwide have contributed to IEEE 802.3 Ethernet's success through its
`market-driven and open development process
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`Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
`+1 732 981 3424; shuang.yu@ieee.org
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`PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 24 June 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization
`advancing technology for humanity, today recognized the 30th anniversary of IEEE 802.3™
`"Standard for Ethernet." IEEE 802.3, the foundation for today's world of high-speed
`communications, was first approved as an IEEE standard on 23 June 1983 and since then has been
`regularly updated to address evolving market demand by delivering increased capacities and
`features.
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`"On May 22nd, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the invention of Ethernet at Xerox PARC. Now,
`on June 23rd, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ethernet's standardization by IEEE 802®. Of
`course, Ethernet has been standardized many times since 1983, with IEEE 802.3 incorporating rapid
`Ethernet innovation while maintaining a high degree of backward compatibility. From 2.94 Mb/s to
`100 Gb/s, from thick coax to thin, to twisted pairs, to fibers, to 'Wi-Fi®,' from CSMA/CD buses to
`switching hubs, to access points," said Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet inventor and now Professor of
`Innovation at The University of Texas at Austin. "By 1983, there were people buying Ethernet whom
`I did not know personally. By 1985, there were people whom I did not know inventing Ethernet. And
`they continue doing so today with great success using the open standardization processes of IEEE.
`Congratulations, and thank you."
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`With more than 1.2 billion ports deployed in 2012 alone1, Ethernet is a technology that impacts
`day-to-day life globally. Initially developed in order to standardize connectivity among computers,
`printers, servers and other devices inside a local area network (LAN), IEEE 802.3 Ethernet touches a
`tremendous range of established and emerging technologies, including data-center networks,
`personal computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, subscribe access, cellular backhaul, power
`infrastructure and smart meters, personal medical devices, the Internet of Things and connected
`cars.
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`Part of the IEEE 802 suite of end-to-end networking standards, IEEE 802.3's success—from its
`inception through today—has been its open and transparent development process, which is noted for its rigor and rooted in consensus, due process,
`openness, right of appeal and balance. The standard’s ongoing development process is open to anyone, and all stakeholders directly participate in its
`ongoing refinement.
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`"Thousands of individuals throughout the Ethernet ecosystem have participated in the development of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard over the last 30
`years," said David Law, chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and distinguished engineer with HP Networking. "The spectrum of stakeholders in
`the standard 's success is global and diverse, from individuals employed by manufacturers, to individuals employed by users, to individuals in academia, to
`name just a very few examples. The efforts of all of them have contributed to the standard’s amazing success."
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`Added Paul Nikolich, chair of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee and IEEE fellow: "The fact that almost all information flowing in the Internet is
`possible because it is transported over a flexible IEEE 802.3 Ethernet-compliant infrastructure is a tribute everyone who has in some way contributed to the
`standard's development, refinement and expansion. Throughout its history, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group has reacted well to emerging global
`market needs. I applaud the effort of the thousands of individuals who have contributed through the working group and to the development process itself."
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`Innovation of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet is incessant. Frontiers of development for the standard address market needs such as reducing the number of wire pairs
`required to deliver Gigabit Ethernet for in-vehicle networking and infotainment, energy efficiency and power over Ethernet. Ethernet underpins the
`Internet, Wi-Fi, Big Data, cloud computing, the smart grid, computer gaming, eHealth, industrial automation and numerous other high-tech applications.
`Also, IEEE in April 2013 announced the launch of an IEEE 802.3 study group to explore development of a 400 Gb/s Ethernet standard to efficiently support
`exponential network bandwidth growth.
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`"IEEE 802.3 standardization has always been market-driven and rooted in openness and due process, and its success in contributing to technology
`innovation and global market growth is indisputable," said Konstantinos Karachalios, managing director of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). "We
`join the global Ethernet ecosystem in celebrating IEEE 802.3's 30th anniversary, and we look forward to the transformations in the way that humanity lives,
`works and plays that the standard's ongoing innovation enables in the decades to come."
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