Inphi announces volume production of 100G and 400G PAM4 platform

Inphi announced volume production of its 100Gbps and 400Gbps Single-Lambda Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) platform for data center and cloud networking applications. Inphi’s Porrima PAM4 platform is a 56GBaud solution that includes linear TIA and drivers. “Production availability of our Porrima PAM4 platform is aligned well with the data center expansion and is critical to meeting the rapidly increasing bandwidth needs in today’s cloud computing...

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OIF approves IC-TROSA Implementation Agreement

OIF confirmed the approval of the Integrated Coherent Transmitter-Receiver Optical Subassembly (IC-TROSA) Implementation Agreement (IA). The IC-TROSA Type-1 is optimized for silicon photonics technology and uses a surface-mount package with Ball Grid Array (BGA) electrical interface. Important advantages include an increased electrical bandwidth and solder reflow capability. The IC-TROSA Type-2 is optimized for Indium Phosphide technology and uses...

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Lumentum demos coherent modules, WSS, PAM4-optimized EMLs

Lumentum is presenting its full-spectrum of optical communications solutions at ECOC 2019 in Dublin, including: Coherent Network Transmission Products Line-side coherent CFP2 Modules for 100G/200G+ transmission: Lumentum will exhibit both 100G/200G CFP2-ACO and CFP2-DCO coherent pluggable transceiver modules that leverage Lumentum's high-speed InP PIC devices. Coherent building blocks: High-speed coherent components for 100G and beyond including...

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Jabil Photonics demos coherent SiP-based 100G/200G CFP2-DCO

Jabil Photonics (formerly Jabil AOC Technologies) is demonstrating its coherent 100G/200G CFP2-DCO module this week at ECOC 2019 in Dublin. Jabil’s CFP2-DCO is a hot-pluggable module designed to support single-wavelength data coherent transmission at 100Gbps using DP-QPSK and 200Gbps using DP-16QAM modulations. The CFP2-DCO is designed for DWDM networks ranging from metro and data-center interconnect (DCI) to long-haul applications, as well as 100Gbps...

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CommScope's new DAA aggregator, Soft EDD, DOCSIS timing protocol

CommScope announced three technology breakthroughs that improve performance at the core, throughout the access layer, and at the edge: DAA Aggregator – This massively scalable new architecture extends fiber deeper into the network, lowers total cost of ownership, and requires relatively minor changes to existing fiber deep networks. The change significantly increases the number of homes passed per RPD serving group – from 20 to 40 to between 150...

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3M adds partners for Beam Optical Connector system

3M signed Rosenberger OSI and Molex as its first partners in its Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) Connector ecosystem. These companies intend to manufacture and sell expanded beam optical solutions based on the 3M Expanded Beam Optical Connector System, including optical patch cords using this technology. “The addition of these trusted and experienced assembly solution collaborators to the ecosystem will accelerate our ability to serve data center customers...

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HUBER+SUHNER debuts cross-connect fiber management system

HUBER+SUHNER introduced its LISA Double Access solution -- a high-density, modular cross-connect fiber management system solution that provides a maximum of 3600 ports per rack. Alongside the LISA Double Access is the IANOS fiber management system, which provides flexibility for managing high volumes of cables and data rates. “We realise that the LISA Double Access has long been the technology of choice and is an important aspect of network design...

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Centera and Credo partner on Single-Lambda 100G PAM4

Centera Photonics and Credo, which specializes in Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology, are partnering on a low power, cost and performance optimized 100G-DR/FR QSFP28 optical module. Centera and Credo are showcasing the 100G-DR modules at ECOC 2019 in Dublin. “Credo’s purpose built mixed signal optical DSP solutions provide the precise balance between performance, power, and price to enable mass deployments of 100Gbps Single-Lambda optical...

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The OpenTAP Project for Open Source Test Automation builds roster

The OpenTAP Project for Open Source Test Automation welcomed four new members: 5G-VINNI, Page Electronica NV, TandM Solutions and Tokalabs. The OpenTAP project comprises a growing community of developers dedicated to the idea of effortless automation.The core technology is a test sequencer, with the community continuously adding plugins and solutions that support faster development, new functionality and optimization in test. Through these contributions...

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Infinera's XR Optics delivers coherent optical subcarrier aggregation

Infinera introduced a point-to-multipoint coherent optical subcarrier aggregation technology with the potential to significantly reduce the number of transceivers required in an access network while eliminating intermediate aggregation. Infinera's XR optics technology, which is optimized for hub-and-spoke traffic patterns, is powered by independently routable Nyquist subcarriers and coherent optical aggregation capabilities. With coherent subcarrier...

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