On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 09:59:28 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Parallel doesn't necessarily mean 8 bit. And 100BaseT sends three voltage > levels over the differential pair, so it's a tad more than 1.5 bits per > "wire". But then, it's 4B5B (because it has to weave in the clock) so > it's a tad less. 1 gigabit uses more pairs, but I guess each one is used > serially (because of clock skew), so it's more like "a bundle of serial",
A good description ("bundle of serial"). > and uses a more complex modulation (PAM), so it's more bits/baud even. > > I think the "classical" distinction serial/parallel breaks down a bit > here...