Nubis and Alphawave Semi demo Optical PCI Express 6.0

At this week's DesignCon in Santa Clara, California, Nubis Communications and Alphawave Semi demonstrated PCI Express 6.0 over an optical link at 64GT/s per lane. In the demo, the Alphawave Semi PCIe Subsystem with PiCORE Controller IP and PipeCORE PHY directly drives and receives PCIe 6.0 traffic through a Nubis XT1600 linear optical engine over a PCIe 6.0 optical link at 64GT/s per fiber. Optical output waveform was measured on a Tektronix...

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AWS posts sales of $24.204 billion, up 13% yoy

AWS generated sales of $24.204 billion in Q4 2023, up 13% year-over-year.AWS segment operating income was $7.2 billion, compared with operating income of $5.2 billion in fourth quarter 2022.For full year 2023, AWS segment sales increased 13% year-over-year to $90.8 billion. AWS segment operating income was $24.6 billion, compared with operating income of $22.8 billion in 2022.A few customer highlights from AWS:Amgen expanded its work with AWS to...

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Japan's OPTAGE tests Nokia’s symmetrical 25G PON

OPTAGE Inc. will use Nokia’s fiber solution to conduct Japan’s first field trial of a symmetrical 25G Passive Optical Network (PON) service. The trial paves way for 25G PON-based services OPTAGE plans to launch in FY2024 and commercial services hereafter. Nokia’s solution is based on the Quillion chipset which enables service providers to use multiple PON technologies at the same time on the same fiber. Masahiko Nabe, President & Representative...

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Dell'Oro: Smart NIC Market to Exceed $5B by 2028

The Smart NIC market is predicted to exceed $5 billion by 2028, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Accelerated computing will continue to push the boundaries in server connectivity, demanding port speeds of 400 Gbps and higher speeds.“The Ethernet Adapter market is poised for a compound annual growth rate of 13 percent, fueled by the increasing adoption of higher-speed ports and Smart NICs within data center infrastructures,” said Baron...

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Dell'Oro: Campus switch sales to surpass $100 billion

Well in excess of $100 B will be spent on campus switches over the next five years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. After experiencing three strong years in campus switch sales, we foresee a significant correction in 2024, followed by a subsequent period of improved growth trajectory throughout our forecast horizon.“Backlog normalization, capacity digestion, and spending optimization are all expected to hit the market in 2024,” said...

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MaxLinear launches Product Design Kit for Active Electrical Cables

MaxLinear product design kit (PDK) to optimize performance and accelerate the time to market for high-speed Active Electrical Cables (AEC) using its 5nm PAM4 DSP, Keystone. The Keystone 5nm DSP family caters to 400G and 800G applications, featuring a groundbreaking 106.25Gbps host side electrical I/O, aligning with the line side interface rate. Available variants support single-mode optics (EML and SiPh), multimode optics (VCSEL transceivers...

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