Energy-efficient, next-generation 10 Gigabit performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet has moved past the early adoption stage & is rapidly becoming a mainstay for backbones within Enterprise & service provider networks. The escalating deployments of servers with multi-core processors & demanding applications such as High Performance Computing (HPC), database clusters, & video-on-demand are driving the need for 10 Gigabit connections. Based on the Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers, the next-generation Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Server Adapters are designed to meet the throughput & latency requirements of bandwidth-hungry applications, while offering a very low power envelope for energy efficiency.