Networking

Introduction: Card vs Adapter vs NIC - Clearing the Naming FogWhen people talk about network cards, network adapters, or NICs (Network Interface Cards), they often mean the same thing. These terms can be confusing, but all describe the hardware that lets your computer, server, or laptop connect to a network. ...

Introduction: Why We Need More Than a Traditional NIC?In the past, a Network Interface Card (NIC) had one simple job: move packets in and out of a computer. As networks scaled to gigabit and then multi-gigabit speeds, NICs added basic offload features like checksum calculation. But today’s data centers, cloud platfo...

Intro: Why NICs Still Matter?Every device that connects to a network—whether a laptop, a server, or a GPU node in an AI cluster needs a way to speak the network’s “language.” The Network Interface Card (NIC) is that translator.At first glance, a NIC may look like just a port on the back of your machine. But modern N...

Why MPO/MTP Matters for High-Speed Networks?As data centers move from 10G/25G links to 40G, 100G, and 400G, the way we move light also changes. Instead of sending one very fast channel down a pair of fibers (duplex), many high-speed standards use parallel optics - multiple lanes in parallel, each running at a lower ...

Introduction: Why Duplex LC Dominates High-Density FiberAs the demand for faster, denser, and more reliable networks grows, fiber optic systems have become the backbone of data centers and telecommunications. Within this ecosystem, the Duplex LC connector has emerged as the go-to solution.Its compact size, low-loss ...

Introduction: Why Faster NICs Matter TodayA decade ago, 1 Gigabit Ethernet was considered more than enough for most use cases. But the explosion of AI training, cloud computing, virtualization, high-resolution video, and massive data storage has quickly pushed gigabit links to their limits.Today, 10G, 25G, and 100G ...

Why Network Interfaces Matter?Every device that connects to the internet such as your laptop, phone, office server, or even a cloud data center, they needs a way to communicate with the network around it. That “way” is the network interface. It is the bridge between the internal workings of your computer and the out...

IntroWhat is Jetson Nano?The NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit is an affordable entry point into embedded AI and robotics. Despite its small form factor, it provides powerful GPU-accelerated computing for computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics applications. ...

The Short AnswerThe direct conversion is simple: 1 Gbps = 1000 Mbps (decimal, used in networking). 1 Byte = 8 bits → MB/s = Mbps ÷ 8. So, if your internet connection is 1 Gbps, the maximum theoretical download rate is about 125 MB/s (1000 ÷ 8).Quick Conversion Table ...

Why InfiniBand is Everywhere in AI/HPC?Modern AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads are pushing traditional networking technologies to their limits. Training large language models (LLMs), simulating complex physics, or running large-scale genomics pipelines require not just powerful GPUs but also determi...