Dual port 10GB Ethernet from Supermicro

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQM15529102007-1.htm

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Super Micro Computer, Inc. , a leader in application optimized high performance server solutions, today announced its first 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) solutions. The energy-efficient Supermicro AOC-UTG-i2 Universal I/O (UIO) and AOC-STG-i2 standard PCI-Express network adapters, based on the Intel(R) 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, enable the mainstream server market with dual-port PCI-Express-based 10GbE connectivity for optimal I/O performance.

“These new Supermicro 10GbE adapters empower our existing customers to upgrade right away to dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet,” said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. “The flexibility of our UIO architecture enables the AOC-UTG-i2 card for installation in 1U, 2U, 3U and 4U systems equipped with UIO motherboards, while the low-profile AOC-STG-i2 can be installed in any standard PCI-Express x8 slot. With outstanding performance and power efficiency, these products are ideal for a wide range of enterprise server environments like those running virtualization, demanding storage and high performance computing applications.”

These new 10GB dual port adapters do sound very cool might be worth checking out if you are looking for 10GB Ethernet cards for your project, there are a number of vendors supplying them and Supermicro launching new cards brings more opportunities in the 10GB arena which has to be a good thing. I wonder if there will be a blade card equivalent?