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A new standard that allows higher density and...

A new standard that allows higher density and lower-cost ethernet connectivity is available from IEEE. The IEEE 802.3bj standard is intended to support connectivity that also is more energy-efficient for rapidly growing ethernet applications like data centers and blade servers,…

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said the IEEE Standards Association Wednesday in a news release (http://bit.ly/1rHrYLw). It’s an amendment to the IEEE 802.3 standard, it said. The features are “critical enhancements to the standard that are intended to both optimize and expand Ethernet’s options for physical connectivity,” it said.