32 gigabits per second coming hopefully by 2015 12/07/2013 - 00:00 The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) has announced that a 32 gigabits per second version of the standard is just a little bit closer to reality.The Association has let it be known that the “INCITS T11 standards committee has recently completed the Fibre Channel Physical Interface - sixth generation (FC-PI-6) industry standard for specifying 32 Gigabit per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel and will forward it to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for publication in the first quarter of 2014.”This step doesn't mean 32 gig FC is done and dusted. Indeed, the FCIA calls it “a successful milestone on FCIA's Speed Roadmap for 32 Gbps Fibre Channel”. But seeing as FC is not exactly the most-contested standard in the world these days, it's hard to see this piece of work being seriously contested.
