AUGUST 10, 2010 — Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (Pink Sheets: VTSS) has introduced its latest 10G Ethernet physical-layer SerDes. Designed for high-density 10G aggregation in emerging 40G/100G Ethernet backbones, mobile backhaul/transport, and enterprise networks, the VSC8488 and VSC8484 dual and quad Ethernet PHYs are the first...
NetLogic Microsystems introduces low-power 10/40/100GE PHY for next-generation data center Ethernet applications/Hitachi Cable unveils 40-Gigabit port terabit box switches
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...
Optical transceivers for 16G Fibre Channel: Improving performance in storage-area networks/Finisar revenue grows in fiscal second quarter 2012
Cloud services and storage have exploded in popularity, enabled in part by virtualization technology at the server, the desktop, and in the storage-area network (SAN). For example, the multi-core processors used in today’s servers can manage a large number of data flows, and the memory...
Zhone expands FiberHome broadband access portfolio/Optelian offers eight-port multi-protocol transponder
Zhone Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) has added two new products to its FiberHome portfolio of broadband access network equipment. Available immediately, the MXP-160/260 and MXP-180/280 1U SLMS platforms enhance operators’ connectivity options by integrating VDSL2, Active Ethernet, and VoIP capabilities. “Upgrading of last mile networks...
Transmode unveils iWDM-PON strategy/Ekinops joins 100-Gbps club
Transmode has announced its intention to support WDM-PON via its existing WDM platforms. The new iWDM-PON architecture will be designed to support multiservice access networks via standard C-Band DWDM optics. Transmode’s iWDM-PON strategy will leverage its existing TM-Series and TG-Series Active and Passive WDM platforms,...
Nevion unveils products for all video transport protocols/MRV SFPs earn US Patent for HD-SDI video over fiber transport
AUGUST 19, 2010 — Nevion (formerly Network VPG), a video transport provider for broadcasters, service providers, and government entities worldwide, has announced new products designed to enhance suites for all video transport infrastructures. The new offerings in the Ventura platform are intended to advance video...
OE Solutions CWDM bi-directional pluggable modules target CPRI and OBSAI/Finisar unveils multi-rate serial 40-Gbps CFP-FR optical module, other products, at ECOC
OE Solutions Co. Ltd. has announced the production of single-fiber bi-directional SFP optical transceivers for CPRI and OBSAI standards with CWDM wavelengths. For the OBSAI application, the rates are 6.144, 3.072, 1.536, and 0.768 Gbps. For the CPRI application, the rates are 6.144, 3.072, 2.4576,...
In other countries
Compared to the other major naval powers, France was slow to start building dreadnoughts, instead finishing the planned Danton class of pre-dreadnoughts, laying down five in 1907 and 1908. It was not until September 1910 that the first of the Courbet class was laid down,...
Japan
With their victory in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, the Japanese became concerned about the potential for conflict with the USA. The theorist Satō Tetsutarō developed the doctrine that Japan should have a battlefleet at least 70% the size of that of the U.S. This...
United States
The American South Carolina-class battleships were the first all-big-gun ships completed by one of the United Kingdom’s rivals. The planning for the type had begun before Dreadnought was launched. While there is some speculation the U.S Navy design was influenced by informal contacts with sympathetic...
