IEEE studying lighter Gigabit Ethernet cable for use in cars

03.04.2012

Ford Motor Co. voiced support for the standards effort on Monday.

"Ethernet has its natural advantages of scale, tacit interoperability, ubiquity, deep cross-industry adoption and hence a rich spectrum of applications and global availability of skills," said K. Venkatesh Prasad, leader of the Vehicle Design and Infotronics group at Ford Research and Innovation. "The standard will help drive adoption and drive down the cost of automotive acceptance testing."

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