Accton Technology Corp, Fremont, California says it will be using its own IEEE 802.3, 16-bit Ethernet controller chip, the EN5090, in a new line of 10Base-T network interface cards to be introduced at NetWorld Dallas in September: the part is mounted in a 68-pin leadless chip carrier that enables Accton to use its surface-mount manufacturing capability to produce low-profile interface cards; the first board to use the chip, the EtherPair-16T, is a half-sized 16-bit AT bus board; it will ship on October 1 at $420.
