ast month, to verify the interoperability of 40G and 100 Gbps Ethernet test equipment, switches, routers, NICs, transceivers and cabling products, 16 Ethernet Alliance members including Altera, Amphenol (News - Alert), CommScope, Cisco, FCI, Finisar, Ixia, Leviton, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Vitesse Semiconductor, and Volex Group gathered at Ixia’s iSimCity in Santa Clara, Calif. This week Ethernet Alliance announced the summarized results of the Higher Speed Ethernet subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE (News - Alert) 802.3ba-2010 standard for 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet solutions. The plugfest was assisted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab.