News and BusinessThe Open Eye Consortium has announced the establishment of its Multi-Source Agreement (MSA), outlining its mission to standardise advanced specifications for lower latency, more power efficient and lower cost optical modules. The MSA is targeting 50 Gbits/s, 100 Gbits/s, 200 Gbits/s, and up to 400 Gbits/s optical modules for datacentre interconnects over single-mode and multimode […]
Applications and ResearchGermany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has announced its participation in the innovative EU-Horizon 2020 research project TERIPHIC. This project, which formally kicked off in Berlin in late January, is taking place against a background of efforts to develop optical interfaces with Terabit capacity for datacom applications. The Institute notes that a practical path to the […]
Applications and ResearchOptical communications solutions vendor Oclaro, has demonstrated interoperability of its 100G PAM4 electro-absorption modulated laser (EML) technology integrated into the 100G QSFP28 form factor the ECOC Exhibition in Rome. The transceiver was be part of the plug fest organised by the 100G Single Lambda Multi-Source Agreement (MSA). Oclaro also announced that sampling will begin later […]
Technologies and ProductsA chip for 100-gigabit single-wavelength client-side optical modules has been unveiled by MultiPhy at ECOC 2017. Dubbed the MPF3101, the 100-gigabit physical layer chip is aimed at the data centre to connect equipment and for 5G cloud radio access networks. “The chip has already been sent out to customers and we are heading towards market […]
News and BusinessQSFP-DD module enables up to 400 Gbps solutions, quadruples bandwidth in network applications. The Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) Multi Source Agreement group has released a specification for the new QSFP-DD form factor. In total, 52 companies came together in support of the QSFP-DD MSA to address the industry need for high-density, […]