Cisco Puts on the Speed with a 322 Terabit Router

Posted on | April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Yes, terabits per second (tbps) - now that’s some serious speed! And with kudos to Cisco systems, it’s about time someone pushed the envelope some more. Fact is that our broadband world is looking more and more like its stuck in molasses.

Everything from Wi-Fi to iPhone seems to be getting slower these days due to the reams of data jamming up the lines. And having tasted what’s possible, there’s no way the worlds appetite will do anything but increase exponentially.

So here we have Cisco’s recently announced latest innovation, Carrier Routing System 3 (CRS-3), a router that could potentially transfer voice, video and data at up to 322 tbps.

John Chambers, Cisco president, in reference to Cisco’s strategy of helping large corporations use cloud computing services, said It brings the services of the cloud to life…and enables a new generation of collaboration built around video.

And according to Pankaj Patel, Cisco SVP and general manager of Cisco’s service provider group, the CRS-3 would allow every man, woman and child in China to make a video call at the same time.

In a conference call Cisco officials also said the CRS-3 is 12 times faster than the competition and while specific competitors were not mentioned, it’s known that Juniper Networks Inc.’s TX Matrix Plus has a max speed of 25 tbps.

The CRS-3 is also considerably faster than the CRS-1 introduced by Cisco six years ago which tops out at 92 tbps.

Cisco Catalyst Series Switches for networking

To the question, when can we get one, Cisco is currently conducting user trials with AT&T Corp. and plans to ship the CRS-3 sometime in the third quarter of 2010.

See more Cisco switching solutions including the new Catalyst Series here.