50 Gigabit Ethernet
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50 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard that provides 50 Gbit/s data transmission over copper or optical media, commonly used in modern data centers and high-performance networking environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 50 Gigabit Ethernet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5268499 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 50 Gigabit Ethernet Context triple: [IEEE 802.3cd, defines, 50 Gigabit Ethernet]
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A.
200 Gigabit Ethernet
200 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard that provides 200 Gbit/s data transmission for data centers and high-performance networking applications.
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B.
400 Gigabit Ethernet
400 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard designed to deliver 400 Gbit/s data rates for next-generation data centers, backbone networks, and high-performance computing environments.
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C.
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet is a family of Ethernet technologies that deliver data transfer rates of 1 gigabit per second over copper or fiber-optic cabling, widely used in modern local area networks.
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D.
10GBASE-T
10GBASE-T is an Ethernet standard for transmitting 10 gigabits per second over twisted-pair copper cabling, commonly used for high-speed local area networks.
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E.
10GBASE-E
10GBASE-E is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer standard that uses long-wavelength optics to support long-distance data transmission over single-mode fiber.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 50 Gigabit Ethernet Target entity description: 50 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard that provides 50 Gbit/s data transmission over copper or optical media, commonly used in modern data centers and high-performance networking environments.
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A.
200 Gigabit Ethernet
200 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard that provides 200 Gbit/s data transmission for data centers and high-performance networking applications.
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B.
400 Gigabit Ethernet
400 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard designed to deliver 400 Gbit/s data rates for next-generation data centers, backbone networks, and high-performance computing environments.
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C.
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet is a family of Ethernet technologies that deliver data transfer rates of 1 gigabit per second over copper or fiber-optic cabling, widely used in modern local area networks.
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D.
10GBASE-T
10GBASE-T is an Ethernet standard for transmitting 10 gigabits per second over twisted-pair copper cabling, commonly used for high-speed local area networks.
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E.
10GBASE-E
10GBASE-E is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer standard that uses long-wavelength optics to support long-distance data transmission over single-mode fiber.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethernet standard
ⓘ
computer networking technology ⓘ |
| application |
network function virtualization infrastructure
ⓘ
server-to-top-of-rack switch links ⓘ storage area networking ⓘ switch-to-switch interconnects ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | 25 Gigabit Ethernet (via lane reuse in some designs) ⓘ |
| benefit | higher throughput than 40 Gigabit Ethernet on fewer lanes ⓘ |
| category | high-speed Ethernet ⓘ |
| dataRate |
50 Gbit/s
ⓘ
50 Gigabits per second ⓘ |
| definedByStandard |
IEEE 802.3bs
ⓘ
IEEE 802.3cd ⓘ IEEE 802.3ck ⓘ |
| enables |
higher bandwidth for server NICs
ⓘ
higher-density switch designs ⓘ |
| goal |
improve power efficiency per bit
ⓘ
increase bandwidth per port ⓘ reduce cost per bit compared to 40G Ethernet ⓘ |
| introducedFor | next-generation server access speeds ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer |
OSI Layer 1
ⓘ
OSI Layer 2 ⓘ |
| partOf |
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet family
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
|
| relatedStandard |
100 Gigabit Ethernet
ⓘ
200 Gigabit Ethernet ⓘ 25 Gigabit Ethernet ⓘ 400 Gigabit Ethernet ⓘ |
| supportsFormFactor |
OSFP (in multi-lane configurations)
ⓘ
QSFP-DD (in multi-lane configurations) ⓘ QSFP28 (as 2×50G in some configurations) ⓘ SFP56 ⓘ |
| supportsMedium |
copper cabling
ⓘ
multimode fiber ⓘ optical fiber ⓘ single-mode fiber ⓘ twinax copper cable ⓘ |
| supportsTopology |
Clos networks
ⓘ
leaf-spine architectures ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cloud computing infrastructure
ⓘ
data centers ⓘ enterprise networks ⓘ high-performance networking environments ⓘ hyperscale data centers ⓘ |
| usedWith |
50G Ethernet NICs
ⓘ
end-of-row switches ⓘ top-of-rack switches ⓘ |
| usesEncoding | PAM4 ⓘ |
| usesLaneConfiguration |
2×25G lanes (for some implementations)
ⓘ
single-lane 50G ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 50 Gigabit Ethernet Description of subject: 50 Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed Ethernet standard that provides 50 Gbit/s data transmission over copper or optical media, commonly used in modern data centers and high-performance networking environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.