Samples available for new fibre-optic transceivers
Avago Technologies
SFP+ transceiver
Avago Technologies has announced sample availability for two new fibre-optic transceivers with 14.025Gbps throughput per lane at the 2011 Optical Fiber Conference (OFC).
The SFP+ transceiver addresses 16Gbit Fibre Channel switches, host bus adapters, RAID controllers and tape drives, as well as inter-switch and inter-chassis aggregated links.
The four-channel QSFP+ transceiver targets switch and router interconnects for data communications and telecommunications, data aggregation and backplane applications, and proprietary protocol and high-density link applications.
The modules are the first in the Avago 14Gbps optical transceiver platform, offering increased port-density for systems compared to 8Gbps Fibre Channel optics.
The new transceivers incorporate the reliability of Avago 850nm Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology and PIN detector technology.
This combination insures that the multi-rate SFP+ module is compliant with FC-PI-5 and 16/8.5/4.25Gbit fibre channel specifications.
The SFP+ module's transmitter and receiver can operate at different data rates, as is often required during fibre channel speed negotiation.
The hot-pluggable QSFP+ module is compliant with the QSFP+ SFF-8436 specification.
The QSFP+ transceiver reduces power dissipation per lane by 50 per cent compared with 8Gbps Fibre Channel technology.
The Avago 14Gbps platform has the potential to address Infiniband FDR applications as well.
The 14Gbps SFP+ and QSFP+ transceiver modules are currently sampling, with production expected in mid-2011.
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