Ethernet has risen to the top of the communications networking industry as a standard that dominates the data center down to the PC. Compatibility between old and new versions of Ethernet is legendary.
The Ethernet Alliance has started an ongoing oral history, The Voices of Ethernet, in the form of video interviews of key players in Ethernet’s history and development. It contains a collection of spoken records with the real people behind Ethernet’s story, sharing engaging personal accounts of pivotal events and major milestones.
The video series starts with Robert “Father of Ethernet” Metcalfe.
Check also GARY S. ROBINSON Ethernet Standards Pioneer and ROBERT GROW IEEE Fellow & former Chair of IEEE 802.3.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Voices of Ethernet: Geoff Thompson
Nov. 4, 2021
Geoff Thompson, part of the IEEE 803.3 Ethernet Working Group since 1983, started using Ethernet in 1974 at Xerox Research.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/communications/video/21180446/ethernet-alliance-voices-of-ethernet-geoff-thompson?utm_source=EG%20ED%20Connected%20Solutions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS211110027&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Voices of Ethernet | A Conversation with Geoff Thompson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308H5y0JqD0
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ethernet co-inventor David Boggs dies at 71
‘Packets’ were the key idea that made data transmission incredibly reliable.
https://www.engadget.com/ethernet-co-inventor-david-boggs-dies-at-71-110524422.html
Pioneering Xerox PARC computer researcher David Boggs has died at 71, The New York Times has reported. He was best known for co-inventing the Ethernet PC connection standard used to link PCs in close proximity to other computers, printers and the internet — over both wired and wireless connections.
The Xerox PARC research lab in Palo Alto developed much of the PC tech we tech for granted today like the graphic user interface, mouse and word processor. Boggs joined the team in 1973, and started working with fellow researcher Bob Metcalfe on a system to send information to and from the lab’s computer.