SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 — Finisar Corp. is demonstrating several new technologies and products at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Torino, Italy, including its new Flexgrid technology for next-generation ROADMs, a Board Mounted Optical Engine operating at 240 Gb/s, and a...
GigOptix debuts low-power 14G VCSEL driver, TIA for SFP+/ADTRAN adds Active Ethernet to FTTP offerings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 — GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) has announced the sampling of its new pre-production chipset for short-reach 2- to 14-Gbps serial optical interconnects. GigOptix asserts its latest offering provides a complete serial link chipset for applications up to 14 Gbps. The GigOptix chipset comprises...
NeoPhotonics unveils SFP transceivers for bi-directional single-fiber communication/Calix expands residential and business Ethernet fiber access products
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 — NeoPhotonics has debuted at the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2010) a new line of Compact SFP (C-SFP) transceivers that combine two bi-directional Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) or Gigabit Ethernet transceivers in a single SFP package. NeoPhotonics says its C-SFP’s compact...
ADTRAN offers NetVanta 1534, NetVanta 1544 managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches/Preparing for the bandwidth explosion
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 — ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) has unveiled its second generation of high-density, managed Layer 3, 28-port Gigabit Ethernet switches. The new NetVanta 1534 and NetVanta 1544 platforms are designed to deliver greater bandwidth and feature enhancements that optimize business communications, mission-critical network...
Centec Networks intros CTC6048 packet-processing silicon for Carrier Ethernet/GigOptix intros low-power SMART optical subassemblies
SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 — Centec Networks, a Chinese IP/Ethernet switching silicon and ODM/OEM system products company, says it has expanded its family of packet-processing chipsets with the CTC6048. The second-generation IP/Ethernet switching processor integrates a Layer 2 through Layer 4 packet-processing engine, traffic manager, and...
BroadLight launches BL23500 40-nm GPON processor family/Vitesse PHYs target high-density Carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul, and enterprise networks
AUGUST 2, 2010 By Stephen Hardy — GPON chip vendor BroadLight has unveiled the BL23500, its third-generation GPON processor family. The BL23500 devices, made via a 40-nm process, will combine a MIPS controller, the in-house developed RunnerGrid Network Processor, and a VoIP DSP, says Didi...
