This would manage traffic at much higher speeds than the Titan and would be optimized for data communication formats like asynchronous transfer mode.

FORBES: Survival technique: paranoia

Floyd founded Efficient in 1993 with the idea of using asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), an industrial-strength packet technology, to route data around local area networks.

FORBES: Above the fray

The engineers selected a hot new technology called asynchronous transfer mode.

FORBES: Chips that change their spots

Despite what looked like serious competition at the time from technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Ethernet has remained the most efficient, and least expensive, way to connect vast numbers of devices.

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