JULY 26, 2010 — Hitachi Cable (TOKYO:5812) has announced the development of two terabit box switches, the Apresia 15000-64XL-PSR , and Apresia 15000-32XL-PSR power supply redundant Ethernet switches. The Apresia 15000-64XL-PSR and Apresia 15000-32XL-PSR will be the world’s first 40-gigabit port equipment, Hitachi Cable asserts....
Maxim intros SFP+ optical module controller for optical video/Zhone introduces 18 zNID optical network terminals for GPON and Gigabit Ethernet
JUNE 10, 2010 –Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the DS1876, an SFP+ video controller with a dual laser diode driver (LDD) interface. The device is designed to control and monitor all transmitter functions for SFP+ MSA optical modules and fully support the SFF-8472...
PMC-Sierra releases pluggable GPON Optical Network Terminal/Phyworks reports 30 millionth chip shipment and strong growth
MAY 26, 2010 — PMC-Sierra Inc. announced the first pluggable GPON optical network terminal (ONT) reference design that can connect any customer premises equipment (CPE) equipped with a standard small form-factor pluggable (SFP) port to a high-speed passive optical network (PON), according to a company...
BroadLight announces small, low-power GPON processor/Maxim introduces low-jitter, integrated 10 Gbps chipset
MAY 17, 2010 — Gateway and GPON semiconductor supplier BroadLight has unveiled the BL2341 GPON SFU/SFP Processor, a new member of its GPON processor family. The BL2341 is the industry’s smallest and lowest power GPON processor, BroadLight asserts. The GPON processor comes in a 13×13...
PMC-Sierra offers HyPHY reference design for Ethernet over OTN wireless backhaul/A fiber-based approach for Ethernet services growth and flexibility
APRIL 19, 2010 — PMC-Sierra Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) has introduced what it asserts is a complete reference design for its HyPHY chipset that supports standards-based transport of Ethernet-based services via Optical Transport Network (OTN). ITU-T G.709 version 3 (10/2009) specifies direct mapping of Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)...
Infonetics: SFP+, tunable XFPs to drive 10G/40G/100G transceiver market to $1.44B by 2014/Telco Systems debuts T-Metro 7224 for MPLS in access networks
MAY 6, 2010 — Revenue for 10G, 40G, and 100G transceivers and transponders will reach $1.44 billion worldwide by 2014, says a new report from market research firm Infonetics Research. According to 10G/40G/100G Optical Transceivers Market Size and Forecasts, 10G SFP+ and tunable XFP technology,...
ClariPhy granted patents enabling standards-based testing of networking components/Broadcom introduces all DSP 40nm 10GbE SFP+ PHYs
MARCH 30, 2010 — ClariPhy Communications Inc., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high-speed communications ICs, won two United States patents covering testing of key components in high-speed networking links. The patents cover inventions using Waveform and Dispersion Penalty (WDP) and Transmitter Waveform and Dispersion...
Anritsu Company introduces optical spectrum analyzer with fast sweep time/SFP-based ONUs expand multipoint Ethernet market
MARCH 31, 2010 — Anritsu Company introduces the MS9740A Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA) with a sweep time of 0.2 seconds, precise measurement capability, and ease of use. Covering 600 nm to 1750 nm, The MS9740A can be used in a variety of applications, including measuring...
Mindspeed launches PMD product to streamline design and testing of PON equipment/US Conec develops PRIZM LightTurn connector
MARCH 25, 2010 — Mindspeed Technologies Inc., a supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, extended its family of physical media devices (PMDs). The company’s PMDs are designed to reduce component count, while streamlining the development and testing of ONTs used to deliver FTTx...
AppliedMicro’s PQX debuts high-density framer/PHY SoC for multi-10G/40G/100G Carrier Ethernet and OTN applications/NeoPhotonics introduces 10G PON transceivers for FTTP networks
MARCH. 22, 2010 — Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AppliedMicro) announced the PQX, which the company describes as the industry’s highest-density, lowest-power 10G/40G Optical Transport Network (OTN) framer/PHY System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for Carrier Ethernet router and WDM transport systems. With 60 Gigabits of total capacity, the PQX...
