Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: GIGABIT ETHERNET REVENUE PROJECTIONS (MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) $700 NICE IR" LAN Switch $600 13 Shared hub $500 Router $400 $300 Revenue $200 1997 .. 1998 1999 2000 2001 Figure 2. These figures from International Data Corp. (IDC, Framingham, MA) are among the more realistic in a sea of predictions regarding the financial outlook for Gigabit Ethernet technology. However, there is some fluctuation in relative value, depending on the network component being evaluated.