MaxLinear, MACOM and II-VI eye 800G modules

MaxLinear, MACOM and II-VI, demonstrated 100G/lane multi-mode links targeted for 800G optical modules. These links incorporate the MaxLinear Keystone 5nm 800G DSP, MACOM 100G/lane TIAs and VCSEL drivers and II-VI latest 850nm VCSELs and photodetectors.MaxLinear's Keystone family of 5nm PAM4 DSPs includes 400G and 800G variants with and without integrated laser drivers. This demonstration uses the 800G DSP, in conjunction with the MACOM four-channel...

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Broadcom shows 100G/lane optical PAM-4 DSP PHY

Broadcom demonstrated its 100G/lane optical PAM-4 DSP PHY with integrated transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and high-swing laser driver optimized for 400G DR4/FR4 module applications. The new DSP PHY, which leverages Broadcom’s 112G PAM-4 DSP platform, enables sub-7W 400G DR4/FR4 modules to drive the industry transition to energy-efficient 400G Ethernet.Broadcom said that compared to industry benchmark results in the 9W range, this demonstration...

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MACOM intros 128GBaud for coherent applications

MACOM announced availability of its 128 GBaud Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) and Modulator Drivers for coherent optical networking applications. The products support long-haul, metropolitan and Data Center Interconnect (DCI) optical module applications.MACOM’s new dual-channel TIA MATA-012803, quad-channel TIA MATA-012403 and quad-channel driver MAOM-012408 offer high bandwidth, low noise and low power consumption. These devices enable Integrated...

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Credo intros 800G gearbox and 16T retimer

Credo Technology Group introduced its new Sparrow 800G gearbox and Heron 1.6T retimer/gearbox devices.The new Sparrow and Heron devices are built around Credo’s core low-power, high-performance DSP technology to offer improved line card functionality. The devices deliver the increased bandwidth, improved power, and cost efficiency required to support the large, growing data infrastructure market.“Credo’s core value in developing products is to deliver...

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FIT demos QSFP-DD800 Connector / DAC

Foxconn Interconnect Technology showcased its QSFP-DD800 interconnection with Broadcom's low power Active Copper Cable (ACC) PHY and MultiLane’s ML4039EN BERT at this week's OFC in San Diego.“We are honored to cooperate with Broadcom / MultiLane to show our interconnect solution, and demonstrate its execution of 5GAIoT strategy,” said Mr. Joseph Wang, CTO of FIT Hon Teng. "Last year, we established a few new pillars of corporate priorities, and building...

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FiberLight upgrades with Fujitsu's 1FINITY

FiberLight, which operates more than 17,000 miles of fiber networks in more than 30 U.S. metropolitan areas, has again selected the modular Fujitsu 1FINITY platform to enhance their high-bandwidth fiber network. Upgrades include deployment of 1FINITY T700 transport blades and L130/ L140 ROADM blades to empower improved performance, efficiency and speeds up to 400G.Fujitsu said the installation enables FiberLight to deliver high-capacity 400...

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Source Photonics launches PON portfolio

Source Photonics announced commercial release of its full Passive Optical Network (PON) Product Portfolio for OLT and ONUs. The PON products use the company's in-house vertically integrated optical chips and optics assembly. The XGSPON OLT E2 and Combo OLT Class D transceiver solutions incorporate the in-house developed EA-DFB Laser monolithically integrated with SOA supporting a link budget for up to 40km reach.Source Photonics notes that...

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Lumentum and Ayar Labs target external light sources for CPO

Lumentum and Ayar Labs announced a strategic collaboration agreement to deliver CW-WDM MSA compliant external laser sources in high volume. “Co-packaged optics to replace traditional copper interconnects is a massive new market opportunity broadly recognized by the industry and one that Lumentum is well-positioned to address with our proven laser technologies and manufacturing scale,” said Walter Jankovic, Senior Vice President and General Manager...

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Orange Business Services and Fortinet partner on SASE

Orange Business Services and Fortinet are partnering to deliver a disruptive approach to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) by integrating Fortinet’s Security-driven Networking technologies into the Orange telco cloud infrastructure. This next chapter in the Orange-Fortinet partnership, which has also yielded Flexible SD-WAN based on Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, provides the foundation for cloud-native transformations at scale for improved business...

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SpaceX completes 7th Starlink launch of 2022

On Wednesday, March 9 SpaceX launched 48 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.This was the fourth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, and COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2.It was the 10th SpaceX launch and the 7th Starlink mission of 2022.http://www.spacex....

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Windstream Wholesale completes 1000 km 400G ZR+ field trials

Windstream Wholesale completed 1000 km 400G field trials leveraging pluggable modules from II-VI with QSFP-DD-DCO optics that achieve a high transmit power of 0dBm. The trials demonstrated unprecedented performance with strong working margins over a production network route and traversing up to 24 ROADMs in a lab environment.During the field trial, Windstream Wholesale closed established a 400G link on a 1,000+ kilometer link between Phoenix and...

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