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At ECOC 2018 this week in Rome, NeoPhotonics is showing its suite of lasers and analog ICs for uncooled, non-hermetic single laser 100G and 4 laser 400G links within data centers. The product suite includes Electro-Absorptively Modulated Lasers (EML) for 2 km PAM4 based links and high power CW laser sources for 0.5 and […]
At ECOC 2018L NeoPhotonics is reporting that its suite of 64 GBaud optical components for coherent systems are currently being used by multiple major customers to develop systems with 600G per wavelength transport capacity. 64 GBaud components double the symbol rate over standard 100G (32 GBaud) coherent systems. NeoPhotonics’ suite consists of three components: 64 […]
There may be a vast number of opportunities for mobile fronthaul and backhaul on the horizon but improvements in protocols, standards and technology will also need to be made, according to Supriyo Dey, Senior Director Product Line Management at Source Photonics, speaking on the opening day of the ECOC 2018 Exhibition, taking place in Rome, […]
At ECOC 2018, Integrated Device Technology (IDT) is introducing its latest single lambda EML driver and TIA for 200G/400G datacenter applications. IDT said its 400GbE based on 100G single lambda designs will establish an ecosystem to lower the cost per bit, a key enabler for scalable Switch-to-Switch and Switch-to-Server Optical Links, supported with small form […]
Molex has acquired Nistica, a manufacturer of wavelength selective switching (WSS) products. Financial terms were not disclosed. Nistica, which was founded in 2005 and is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, is a supplier of agile optical modules that simplify, automate and make affordable the delivery of high bandwidth applications for the global telecommunication markets. The […]
Comcast NBCUniversal prevailed over 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney in an auction to acquire Sky, the leading entertainment and communications company in Europe. The offer of £17.28 per Sky shareimplies a value of $40.0 billion (£30.6 billion) for the fully diluted share capital of Sky. Sky serves 23 million customers in seven countries – […]
Presented this week at the Alibaba Group Investor Day conference.
Telia Carrier will offer its Cloud Connect service across 25 TierPoint data centers in the U.S. across 14 metro areas, including Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Omaha, Philadelphia, Raleigh, St. Louis, and Seattle. Telia Carrier’s Cloud Connect provides multiple, geographically diverse connections to the world’s largest cloud providers, including […]
The world’s first optical modules compliant with Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) will be shown at next week’s ECOC Exhibition 2018 in Rome, Italy. Specifically, COBO will present a showcase of solutions from Molex, Ciena and SENKO, TE Connectivity, Credo, and AOI. A goal of COBO is to bring interoperable and interchangeable optical modules into […]
At the upcoming the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Rome, Acacia Communications will demonstrate its AC1200 coherent module with dual-core design enabling 1.2 Tbps error-free transmission over fiber with 600 Gbps per wavelength. The Acacia AC1200 module supports transmission capacity of up to 1.2 Tbps in a footprint that is 40 percent less […]
Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) will showcase its latest 400 Gbps interconnect solutions in featured product and technology demonstrations at ECOC 2018. Specifically, live traffic demonstrations will incorporate a selection of FIT’s 400G QSFP-DD interconnect solutions that include various configurations of optics, cables, cages and connectors that combine to deliver 400 Gbps solutions. “FIT is committed […]
eSilicon plans to demonstrate the silicon performance of its 7nm 56G long-reach SerDes during ECOC 2018 (Anritsu booth #408). eSilicon will show a periodic pattern generator (PPG)-to-chip live demo with different backplane reaches. Specifically, the demonstration will show 56G PAM4 data transfer running at 56Gb/s over two different BERTSCOPE channels with two different reaches, both […]
At ECOC 2018, Semtech will highlight multiple products including its ClearEdge CDR platform for low-cost 25G SFP28 SR modules and Active Optical Cables. Semtech will also feature its laser drivers, limiting amplifiers, ROSAs, signal conditioners, transceivers, and transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs). Semtech supplies high-speed optical transceiver ICs and offers optical networking solutions that support multiple next-generation […]
