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BREAKING NEWS: Cisco unveils 322 Terabit router

By: Greg Meckbach On: 09 Mar 2010 For: Network World Canada Creator

Carrier routing system 3 is 12 times faster than Juniper's TX Matrix Plus, is designed for collaboration and video and to work with the Nexus switches and Unified Computing System servers. Cisco is currently running user trials with AT&T Corp. General availability of is scheduled in Q3

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Cisco Systems Inc. has announced Carrier Routing System 3, a router that could potentially transfer voice, video and data at up to 322 Terabits per second (Tbps).

This is 12 times faster than the competition, Cisco officials said on a conference call Tuesday. Though they did not mention names, Juniper Networks Inc.'s TX Matrix Plus has a maximum speed of 25 Tbps. See Network World Canada's updated story. The CRS 3 announcement came nearly six years after San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco announced CRS 1, which has a maximum throughput of 92 Tbps.

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Greg Meckbach Greg Meckbach is editor of Network World Canada and has worked for ComputerWorld Canada, Communications & Networking and Computing Canada.

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