A leaked slide from an unknown source indicates that the upcoming I225 2.5 Gbe controllers may face issues related to inter-packet gap variance. Hardware stepping fix expected for Rocket Lake-S The slide refers to Intel Foxville, which is a codename for Intel I225 Ethernet controllers. Two I225 products are listed on the Intel ARK website. The I225-V controller expected to become mainstream thanks to the Z490 motherboard series. According to the leaked slide, Foxville controllers have a variance in the inter-packet gap versus the IEEE 2.5 BASE-T standard. This results in packet loss and reduced throughput (Intel reports 1 to...

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