The Best Ethernet on Mars

Intel Ethernet and open source have been making history for decades. Doug Boom and Kevin Bross join us for a history lesson and a look toward future innovation.

If you drive a car, use a phone, or travel to Mars, chances are you'll encounter foundational ethernet technology Kevin and Doug have helped foster. We take a deep and nerdy dive into the world of open source software and ethernet and learn how it impacts all our lives.

 

Resources:

Westport Channel: Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4T

Logan Beach: Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA2T

 

Guests:

Doug Boom is a Principal Engineer at Intel Ethernet.  Heading into his 29th year at Intel Ethernet, Doug has done it all when it comes to Ethernet.  Driver writer, product technical lead, architect, people and project management, he has lately been doing custom implementations with Intel Ethernet partners.  His code is in everything from soda machines, enterprise ethernet switches, lottery kiosks, ultrasound machines, cars, planes, trains and even rovers on Mars.  He has over 20 patents, and has invented technologies used in billions of dollars of solutions.  He’s had code in the Linux kernel since the old 2.4 days, but for reasons he can’t explain, his favorite distro is Ubuntu.   Doug is an Ethernet evangelist, you can see him talk about Ethernet basics at this YouTube link and history and some product stories at this YouTube link.  Doug writes fiction, makes board games and plays video games in his spare time.

Kevin W. Bross is an Intel Principal Engineer and modular systems architect in Intel’s Network and Edge Group (NEX).   Over the past 30+ years at Intel, he has held a variety of engineering and marketing roles at Intel, including defining bladed systems products, architecting Intel's first M2M/IoT gateway product, working on the development/trials of 64-antenna Massive MIMO cellular base stations, and architecting Intel’s first three timing-related network adapters.  Kevin is currently working on 5G infrastructure and system design for Intel reference designs and numerous customer systems.

Guest Host:

Chris Norman

An avid promoter of open source ecosystems, Chris writes documentation and presents at open source events, helping developers better understand Intel’s contributions to operating systems, languages, and runtimes. He also moderates the Clear Linux community forum.