High Performance in its Time
Obsolete or Commodity now to day
Year Type Bandwidth Physical Interf. Protocol
1976 10 Base T 10 IEEE 802.n copper TCP/IP ( XNS )
1992 100 Base T 100 IEEE 802.n copper TCP/IP
1989 HIPPI 800 HIPPI-800 copper Dedicated,
1991 HIPPI-Ser. fiber TCP/IP, IPI3
1991 Fibre Channel 255 - 510, FC-Phys fiber Dedicated
1999 1020 - 2040 TCP/IP, IPI3, SCSI
1995 Myrinet 1 Gbit/s Dedicated Dedicated,
2000 2 Gbit/s fiber TCP/IP
1996 Gigabit Ethernet 1.25 Gbit/s FC + copper TCP/IP