IEEE Seeks For Ethernet To 'Go Green'

alphadogg submitted a piece at the NetworkWorld site about the IEEE's efforts to introduce energy efficiency to Ethernet use. The group's Energy Efficient Ethernet group is looking into methods by which standards can be tweaked to encourage power savings. Current plans include ways to make computers 'choosier' about what level of bandwidth they're using. Idle systems would only run at 10Mbps, while email might draw 100Mbs, and scale up to 1000Mbps for large downloads and streaming video. The group is planning to discuss changes to the Ethernet link and higher layers. No restrictions are planned for device manufacturers, although the article suggests some companies might try to use energy efficiency as a competitive advantage. The EEE group estimates some $450 million a year could be saved via the use of energy efficient Ethernet technology.

Saving energy now

[jbeaupre]

Seems they are saving energy by throttling bandwidth for the article. Any manage to read it?

Acronym confusion?

[MECC]

Once Apple adds the ability to negotiate EEE in Macs, they'll call it iEEE.

I have an idea

[Salsaman]

Use more zeros and fewer ones.

Green

[truthsearch]

IEEE Seeks For Ethernet To 'Go Green'

That's good because I'm really tired of the white and blue.

They don't like orange?

[bkoehler]

I see no reason to switch from 568B to 568A.

Re:Acronym confusion?

[mrfantasy]

It's the IEEE Energy Efficient Ethernet Initiative.

Or, the IEEEEEEI.

Commonly pronounced "eye-six-N-eye".

Patch cables are now easier than ever!

[PainBreak]

So a straight-through is: Green white / Green / Green white / Green / Green white / Green / Green white / Green Sweet. Crossovers then would be: Green white / Green / Green white / Green white / Green / Green / Green / Green white So much easier to remember! Thanks, IEEE!