Optical

STL inaugurated a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Lugoff, South Carolina - The Palmetto Plant.  The new facility, spanning over 168,000 sq. ft will specialize in future-ready optical solutions, including high...

Nokia unveiled its 7730 Service Interconnect Router (SXR) family of next-generation IP access, aggregation and edge platforms based on its new FPcx  network processing unit (NPU), 112G SerDes, and SFP-DD...

OIF has kicked off four new projects: 224G PAM4 protocol agnostic link training for electrical interfaces project Electrical interface link training holds considerable significance throughout the industry. This project will...

Tower Semiconductor and InnoLight Technology will develop multi-generation high-speed optical transceivers based on Tower’s Silicon Photonics process platform (PH18). Production is already underway. Tower’s PH18M SiPho platform offers a portfolio...

Credo introduced new Dove 800D and 410D PAM4 DSPs chips optimized for active optical cables and short reach tranceivers targeting hyperscale data centers and AI applications. Sampling is underway. The...

PacketLight and ID Quantique have integrated Quantum Key Distribution technology within PacketLight devices, signifying a significant milestone in the technological advancements of secure data transmission. The successful integration of IDQ’s 4th generation...

Credo Technology announced the availability of its Seagull 452 family of high-performance, low-power optical Digital Signal Processors (DSPs)  targeted at the burgeoning 400G Active Optical Cable (AOC) market for AI...

Credo Technology Group announced the availability of Teal 200, a 4 x 50Gbps Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) for QSFP56, QSFP-DD and OSFP optical transceivers and active optical cables (AOCs) that target...

Semtech announced production availability of the FiberEdge GN1816 and GN1848 chipset to its portfolio of PAM4 Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) and Linear Laser Drivers. The FiberEdge GN1816 is a 56GBd feature-rich quad 250μm-pitch low power,...

Berxel Photonics demonstrated a 106 Gbps VCSEL powered 800G transceiver at this week's China International Optoelectronic Exposition in Shenzhen. Berxel's 106 Gbps VCSEL powered 800G transceiver has successfully reached 100...

Coherent announced the retirement of Dr. Mark Sobey, Predient of its Laser division. Dr. Sobey has served as President of Coherent’s Lasers Segment since the closing of the merger between...

by James E. Carroll, Editor Bringing optical I/O as close as possible to the processor is key design aim for high-performance computing. Intel and Ayar Labs demonstrate  a 4 Tbps...

Citing solid performance across all regions and a growing backlog, Ciena reported revenue of $1.07 billion for its fiscal third quarter ended July 29, 2023, up 23% compared with a...