EA TEF 2026
Ethernet Alliance Technology Exploration Forum 2026
Ethernet Alliance forum on emerging Ethernet technology and AI cluster networking.
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About EA TEF 2026
The Ethernet Alliance Technology Exploration Forum 2026 is expected October 7–8, 2026 in Mountain View, California. It is a focused technical forum of roughly 200–400 attendees covering emerging Ethernet standards and their deployment.
Who should attend
Attendees include Ethernet standards participants, NIC, switch and optics vendors, and AI cluster networking architects.
Why it matters
Work on Ultra Ethernet and AI back-end fabrics is reshaping how accelerator clusters are wired, with direct consequences for storage network design. The forum is a window into those standards discussions before they appear in shipping equipment.