[c-nsp] juniper trinity

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 07:21:33AM -0700, Marlon Duksa wrote:
> Hi,
> does anyone know what is this all about:
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/21/cisco-hardware-software-technology-cio-network-juniper.html
> 
> They say  "...will reveal a new chipset it says is capable of twice the
> data-pushing capacity of the current industry record...".
> 
> Juniper already has a 100G (half duplex) chip set on T1600 (ASIC) , and so
> does Alcatel-Lucent on 7750/7450 platforms (true network processor) . Does
> this announcement means that this new chip set will be a 200G (half duplex)
> chip set or is it all a marketing hype? Will it be an ASIC or a true NP?
> 
> And why would they change their logo?

This article is total bunk, factually incorrect in every possible way. 
Take this paragraph for example:

Juniper's new processors, what it will call the "Trio" family, will be 
built into line cards--networking components that can be stacked in a 
router to add capacity--that offer 16 10-gigabyte Ethernet ports. That's 
twice as much bandwidth as Cisco ( CSCO - news - people ) currently 
offers, though Cisco plans to launch its own 16-port devices in 2010.

If this doesn't send you screaming, nothing will. Whoever leaks this 
info to these folks should do a better job of it at least. Also that new 
logo is uglier than sin. :)

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