Saturday, March 4, 2023

 Hyper Photonix enters U.S. market with 400G DR4 transceiver

Hyper Photonix announced its entrance into the U.S. optical transceiver market with the availability of a 400G DR4 module with a range of 2km.

Hyper Photonix’ 400G QSFP-DD DR4 module, built on Hyper Silicon technology, is capable of up to 2km transmission distance.

The company says its proprietary Hyper Silicon Si photonics platform provides advanced product performance at the lowest possible cost. 

“Hyper Photonix is pleased to enter the US transceiver market and offer customers the intrinsic value of a chip-to-transceiver scalable solution platform at a compelling cost per gigabit,” said Xavier Clairardin, CEO of Hyper Photonix. “Our 400G QSFP-DD DR4 Hyper Silicon™ transceiver is fully qualified and we are ramping production capacity aggressively to support Hyperscale Data Center demand. The Hyper Silicon™ platform scales easily to faster lane speeds and higher aggregate data rates, accelerating the release of 800G+ products currently in the final stages of development.”

Hyper Photonix’s parent company was founded in 2015 with R&D facilities in Wuhan China, manufacturing in Ningbo China, and offices in Tokyo Japan.

www.hyperphotonix.com


VMware sees rise in subscription and SaaS revenue

VMware reported Q4 revenue of $3.71 billion, an increase of 5% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $915 million, or $2.13 per diluted share, up 5% per diluted share compared to $855 million, or $2.02 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.

Some highlights

  • The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $2.03 billion, an increase of 7% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.
  • Subscription and SaaS revenue constituted 32% of total revenue for the quarter. Subscription and SaaS revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.18 billion, an increase of 36% year-over-year. Approximately 10 percentage points of this year-over-year growth was associated with the extra week in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023.
  • Revenue for fiscal year 2023 was $13.35 billion, an increase of 4% from fiscal year 2022. The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $6.85 billion, an increase of 8% from fiscal year 2022.
  • Subscription and SaaS revenue represented 30% of our total revenue for the fiscal year.

“We are very pleased with our fiscal year 2023 performance. These results reflect consistent customer appetite for our multi-cloud offerings and our ability to help companies with a cloud smart approach,” commented Raghu Raghuram, CEO, VMware. “We look forward to the merger with Broadcom, expected to close in Broadcom’s current fiscal year, as our combined solutions will enable customers greater choice and flexibility to build, run, manage, connect and protect their applications at scale.”

“We delivered strong performance to close out our fiscal year 2023, achieving over $13 billion in total revenue and $4 billion in subscription and SaaS revenue for the year,” said Zane Rowe, executive vice president and CFO, VMware. “We grew subscription and SaaS ARR 30% year-over-year, totaling $4.66 billion, an increase of over $1 billion in ARR for fiscal 2023, reflecting the strength of our subscription and SaaS portfolio and progress on our business model transition.”