TRENDnet TEG-PCISX Manual - Page 8

traffic. Upgrading key components, such as your backbone and servers to Gigabit Ethernet can greatly improve network response times as well as significantly speed up the traffic between your subnets. Gigabit Ethernet enables fast optical fiber connections to support video conferencing, complex imaging, and similar data-intensive applications. Likewise, since data transfers occur 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet, servers outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC's are able to perform 10 times the number of operations in the same amount of time. In addition, the phenomenal bandwidth delivered by Gigabit Ethernet is the most cost-effective method to take advantage of today and tomorrow's rapidly improving switching and routing internetworking technologies. And with expected advances in the coming years in silicon technology and digital signal processing that will enable Gigabit Ethernet to eventually operate over unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling, outfitting your network with a powerful 1000Mbpscapable backbone/server connection creates a flexible foundation for the next generation of network technology products. The 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card Speed The 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Card transmits and receives data at one gigabit per second (1Gbps or 1000Mbps). Its fullduplex (only) operation mode enables it to transmit and receive data simultaneously, effectively doubling the amount of data being handled and giving it an actual throughput of 2Gbps. This huge data pipeline can be used to connect highly 4