According to the links @Paternot found (but are gone now), XS would be ‘40 Gigabit’ and XQ ‘40 Gigabit combo’. With ‘40 Gigabit’ being (I assume) 40GBASE-T (because of the ‘combo’ bit, and we already have ‘Q+’ for QSFP+ 40G).
To my great surprise 40GBASE-T actually exists as a standard (it’s defined in IEEE 802.3bq), but who in his right mind would ever use it? It needs a CAT8 cabling plant, which nobody has, and makes no sense to install even on a greenfield because just going to OM4 is cheaper. And even if you had one it then only reaches 30 meters! And if 10GBASE-T is any indication, you can probably use the tranceivers to boil your tea…
Yeah, might well be an AL73400, even if the network specs seem a bit low for that (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna_Labs). It’s 16-core, and MT has experience with the Alpine platform in de RB4011.
@normis, 'fess up. What are the lot of you cooking up in the dark cellars of the MT Skunk Works?
I agree that ‘XS’ as 40GBASE-T doesn’t make much sense, but the specs that shop gave for them do indicate that ‘XS’ means ‘40 Gigabit ethernet’ of some sort, and ‘XQ’ meaning ‘40 Gigabit ethernet (combo)’. And the strings from the 7.0beta libs also point in that direction. That ‘XC’ seems to replace ‘C+’ as 10G combo port I agree with.
OK, now that makes a lot more sense. a CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS has 12 SFP+ ports and 2 25G SFP+ ports, and the CCR2016-1G-12XS-2XQ has……12x25G & 2x100G?
I want to see prices for that CCR2016… And I want to know what’s pushing those boxes. I don’t think the Alpine SOCs will cut it for speeds like that, not even the AL73400/Graviton.