On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 08:02:11 AM Richard Hector wrote: > On 19/06/18 23:47, [email protected] wrote: > > On Monday, June 18, 2018 11:27:55 PM Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> So I think your cable is much less "Serial" than you think. > > > > Just because I'm tired of seeing this thread (even though I make an often > > feeble attempt to ignore it), I will mention that Ethernet is serial ;-) > > (full duplex in many cases) > > Ah, but is it still? > > Gigabit (1000base-T) uses all 4 pairs simultaneously, and also encodes > multiple bits per symbol, which I think makes it effectively parallel.
Well, I'm not familiar with gigabit Ethernet. But even using all 4 pairs simultaneously means that it might be some combination of serial and parallel (I mean, 4 pairs isn't sufficient to carry 8 bits in parallel). Encoding multiple bits per symbol doesn't (imho) make it parallel. Just a different encoding.
