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In article <1993Jan6.165934.7185@uxmail.ust.hk>, ee_hflo@uxmail.ust.hk (Michael Lo Ho Fung) writes:
>	I read the newletter of our computer service center. They are installing
>a Giga switch connect five FDDI ring together. And the speed will upgrade 
>from 100Mbps to 3.5Gbps. 
>
>	Anyone can tell me what is Giga switch ? Why is can achive such high
>speed ?
>
>


 When I was at Interop in October Digital had such a switch.  This switch used
new "ATM" protocol.  This switch had 2.2 Gbit rate.  It could handle ten 100 
mbit FDDI connections.   "ATM" protocol is wonderfull.  It gives may advantages
to other methods of interconnect.  "ATM" can handle voice, data, and video !!!
It has a interesting way of making this happen.  This is done by multiplexing 
small packets all of the same size.   If you need assured bandwith, ATM can
handle this by given you X number of slots to equal the bandwith needed.  Let me
know if you need to know more.

  Louis