By Telecom Lead Team: 10 Gbps Ethernet controller and adapter shipments posted 3 percent sequential growth during Q4 2011, to about 1.3 million ports. The Ethernet controller and adapter shipments are forecast to surge in Q1 2012, propelled by the launch of Intel's next server platform, named Romley. While shipments to traditional server manufacturers declined, 10 Gbps Ethernet ports going onto servers built by Cloud customers continued to blossom during the quarter. "Mellanox more than doubled its adapter shipments, driven mainly by one large Cloud customer. Meanwhile, Intel enjoyed a blow out growth in its LOM shipments to the stand-alone servers of its Cloud customers," said Sameh Boujelbene, analyst covering Controllers and Adapters at Dell'Oro Group. The Controller and Adapter report shows share shifts among Broadcom, Cisco, Emulex, Intel, Mellanox and QLogic.