PRODUCTS UPDATE
Product update
Avago first to market with 56G PAM-4 SerDes
Avago Technologies has demonstrated what it claims is the industry’s first 56G 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) SerDes for copper backplanes and optical interconnects. Leading OEM customers are presently designing advanced ASIC SoC solutions in 28nm and 16FF+ process technologies utilising the Avago PAM4 SerDes cores.
The Avago 56Gbps PAM4 SerDes is designed to support a wide range of copper and optical interconnects ranging from chip- to-chip, chip-to-module, low-cost direct- attached cable, and copper backplane down to 35dB loss. The SerDes supports speeds from 1Gbps to 56Gbps, including existing 10G/25G/40G/50G/100G Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and OIF CEI NRZ speeds, providing investment protection and a forward-looking architecture path to networking, compute system vendors, and data centre companies. The Avago 56Gbps PAM4 SerDes, now available in silicon, is running PRBS31 traffic, error-free.
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JDSU unveils Truespeed VNF
JDSU has introduced TrueSpeed VNF, a solution capable of assessing customer quality of experience in a virtualised computing environment. TrueSpeed VNF helps service providers resolve customer complaints about poor network performance. The virtualised network function (VNF) software can be deployed anywhere network operators and enterprises have computing resources in the network, and is interoperable with JDSU’s StrataSync-enabled T-BERD/MTS handheld network test instruments. The JDSU TrueSpeed VNF provides RFC 6349 compliance that enables accurate evaluation of customer experience without dispatching a field technician. It enables network technicians to test performance through automated evaluation of performance between various internet points of presence (POP), data centres, and network handoffs.
www.jdsu.com
10 FIBRE SYSTEMS Issue 6 • Winter 2015
ADVA launches FSP3000 access link monitor
ADVA Optical Networking recently launched its new FSP 3000 Access Link Monitoring (ALM) solution in response to operators’ demands for greater insights into fibre access networks. With strong demand for a range of dark fibre access applications, operators are looking for real- time performance data. This will enable operators to sell dark fibre services with stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs) at little extra cost. The ADVA FSP 3000 ALM is currently in trials with several major operators and will be commercially
Molex touts OptoConnect custom optical enclosures
Molex recently launched its OptoConnect Custom Optical Enclosures. Designed to simplify complex fibre optic mapping issues, OptoConnect fibre routing system using integrated FlexPlane optical circuitry provides a complete end-to-end optical management system.
Fully tested and NEBS compliant, OptoConnect
Broadcom announces PAM-4 physical layer transceiver
Broadcom has announced a line of high-speed 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) physical layer transceivers (PHYs). The new PAM-4 PHYs enable serial transmission rates of 40Gb/s and 50Gb/s over multiple physical media, including direct attach cables (DAC) and other optical fibre applications. Based on PAM-4 technology, Broadcom’s BCM82040 and BCM82004 devices are the first in
Smartoptics 16G optical transceivers approved by Brocade
Smartoptics has announced that its 16Gb optical transceivers have been approved by Brocade in all of their latest Fibre Channel switches. The Smartoptics range of modular solutions can be deployed within a Brocade switch to provide
available in early 2015. It is a small, non-intrusive device that operates independently of data networking equipment. The ADVA FSP 3000 ALM can thus monitor fibre access networks regardless of the bitrate and protocol the overlaying service is using. It provides complete visibility into the health of fibre links by analysing reflections of a non-intrusive test signal in continuous real-time.
www.advaoptical.com
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custom fibre optic enclosures handle the most complex routing schemes to greatly reduce intra-system cabling footprints and increase system reliability. By integrating high-density fibre optic circuits, interconnects and optional passive components, the sophisticated OptoConnect enclosure system can streamline complex ingress and egress fibre port mapping.
www.molex.com
a line of 40/50/100GbE devices optimised to meet these requirements. The 28 nanometre BCM82040 and BCM82004 PHYs support higher data throughput over existing low bandwidth channels by transmitting more bits per symbol. PAM-4 enables the transmission of 40 Gb/s at a baud rate of 20Gbaud, resulting in improved signal integrity while re-using existing channels for higher data throughput and enabling the use of lower cost cables and optics.
www.broadcom.com
cross-site fibre channel connectivity depending on capacity requirements. Each solution offers the lowest cost alternative to traditional transponder- based solutions and maximises performance, reduces power consumption, improves latency and helps ensure high availability.
www.smartoptics.com
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