MAY 10, 2010 — Telco Systems, a BATM company (LSE: BVC), has announced the availability of the T-Metro 7224, a platform designed to bring Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) closer to the customer without the high cost and complexity generally associated with MPLS networks. The T-Metro...
Maxim intros SFP+ optical module controller for optical video/Phyworks reports 30 millionth chip shipment and strong growth
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...
Cortina debuts quad 10G EDC device/Zhone introduces 18 zNID optical network terminals for GPON and Gigabit Ethernet
JUNE 29, 2010 — Cortina Systems Inc. has unveiled the CS4340, which it asserts is the industry’s smallest quad 10G electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) device. The company also announced the CS4214, a low-power variant of the CS4340 PHY for 10G SR/LR SFP+ line card and...
NetLogic Microsystems introduces low-power 10/40/100GE PHY for next-generation data center Ethernet applications/Can the optical transceiver market sustain double-digit growth?
JULY 12, 2010 — NetLogic Microsystems Inc., maker of high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, announced its low-power 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet PHY for next-generation data center applications. The new NLP1342 PHY quad-port device integrates receive equalization and transmit pre-emphasis technologies with ultra low...
LightCounting: 10GBase-T port shipments to exceed 300% CAGR for 2009-2014/Ensphere Solutions debuts 10-Gbps transceiver and laser diode shunt driver ICs
JANUARY 18, 2011 — The 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) market is finally taking off with shipments of SFP+ optical transceivers driving early growth – but 10GBase-T is nearly ready to challenge for ports says market research firm LightCounting LLC in its latest report, “10GBASE-T to...
Vello Systems tells 10-Gbps low-latency story/VI Systems, consortium develop 40-Gbps VCSEL components January 14, 2011
DECEMBER 14, 2010 By Stephen Hardy — On the heels of unveiling its strategy to support cloud networking (see “Vello Systems announces Cloud Switching technology for flexible bandwidth provisioning”), Vello Systems has added low-latency capabilities to the mix. The company has unveiled the 10G CX50T...
Allied Telesis announces SwitchBlade x3112, new iMAP cards for FTTX/Solarflare unveils SFP+ optical transceiver module
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 — Allied Telesis Inc. has introduced a new line of 1- and 10-Gbps fiber-to-the-home/premise/node (FTTX) products at TelcoTV 2010. Allied Telesis is featuring the SwitchBlade x3112 FTTX switch platform along with a new 24-port fixed-optics gigabit service module and six-port 10G service...
Xilinx Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs target optical transceivers/Calix launches E7-20 platform for multi-terabit fiber access speeds
NOVEMBER 8, 2010 — Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) has announced the immediate availability of Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs that Xilinx says support 40-Gbps and 100-Gbps line cards with flexible port configurations including 1×40 Gbps, 4×10 Gbps, 1×100 Gbps and 10×10 Gbps. Additionally, Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs support...
Infonetics: Systems vendors’ in-house work tips 40G, 100G optical transceiver market/Annual Technology Forecast 2011
NOVEMBER 1, 2010 — Much has been made of the fact that systems vendors will rely on in-house expertise for the first generation of serial 100-Gbps technology. In its newly updated 10G/40G/100G Optical Transceivers Market Size and Forecast, market research firm Infonetics Research says that...
LightCounting: Optical communications market recovery continues/Spectronix Eye-BERT Micro combines bit error rate test, optical signal generation, and SFP test
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 — Despite continuing declines in capital expenditures and modest growth in sales of telecom networking equipment, the industry momentum is clearly positive in 2010, says market research firm LightCounting. Sales of datacom systems picked up “promptly” in 2010, LightCounting asserts, as businesses...
