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Anritsu Introduces Rubidium™ Signal Generator Family Leading Market in Signal Purity and Frequency Stability with Exceptional Utility

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Monday, November 15, 2021

MORGAN HILL, Calif., Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Anritsu Company introduces the Rubidium signal generator family that delivers outstanding signal purity and frequency stability, even at high output power levels, across a broad frequency range of 9 kHz to 43.5 GHz.

Key Points: 
  • MORGAN HILL, Calif., Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Anritsu Company introduces the Rubidium signal generator family that delivers outstanding signal purity and frequency stability, even at high output power levels, across a broad frequency range of 9 kHz to 43.5 GHz.
  • Anritsu's Rubidium delivers outstanding signal purity and frequency stability across 9 kHz to 43.5 GHz.
  • Signal purity is critical to a wide range of measurement applications, from radar testing to testing ADCs and DACs.
  • Rubidium offers an order of magnitude with better frequency stability compared to other signal generators that use an OCXO-based reference.

Credo Announces First Offering of 800G HiWire Active Electrical Cables for Next Generation Decentralized Data Centers and AI Servers

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

This 8 x 112G per lane copper cable interconnect is the first member of Credos 800G AEC family.

Key Points: 
  • This 8 x 112G per lane copper cable interconnect is the first member of Credos 800G AEC family.
  • The hot-swappable, front-plane cables enable a data center infrastructure shift from homogenous chassis designs with tightly coupled operating systems to DDC implementations.
  • DDC architectures deliver the freedom to mix-and-match servers, switches, and operating systems to suit specific performance, power, and price points.
  • As with all Credo AECs, the new 800G AECs are easily identified by their distinctive HiWire purple color sheath.

MegaChips Deploys Omni Design’s Silicon-Validated Data Converters

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

We adopted Omni Designs Lepton family of data converters to accelerate development of our SoCs targeted to the automotive and communications markets, said Hisashi Kondo, Senior General Manager, ASSP Business at MegaChips Corporation.

Key Points: 
  • We adopted Omni Designs Lepton family of data converters to accelerate development of our SoCs targeted to the automotive and communications markets, said Hisashi Kondo, Senior General Manager, ASSP Business at MegaChips Corporation.
  • MegaChips has a long history of partnering with Omni Design in ADCs and DACs.
  • "Omni Design has supplied high performance data converters to MegaChips in multiple process nodes, said Dr. Kush Gulati, President and CEO of Omni Design Technologies.
  • We are excited to see these silicon-validated ADC and DAC IP cores being deployed successfully by MegaChips in their automotive ethernet SoC."

Omni Design Announces Silicon Validated Data Converters on TSMC 16nm Process

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The Lepton family of high-performance ADCs and DACs on TSMC 16nm technology are delivered from Omni Designs Titanium platform.

Key Points: 
  • The Lepton family of high-performance ADCs and DACs on TSMC 16nm technology are delivered from Omni Designs Titanium platform.
  • Our collaboration with Omni Design enables our mutual customers to access a portfolio of data converter IP on TSMCs advanced process technologies, said Suk Lee, vice president of the Design Infrastructure Management Division at TSMC.
  • Omni Design is focused on providing high-performance, low-power data converter IP Cores in advanced process technologies, said Dr. Kush Gulati, President and CEO of Omni Design Technologies.
  • Omni Design will exhibit and present a paper, High-Speed Data Converters to Enable Automotive and 5G Applications at the TSMC 2021 Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum on October 26 & 27, 2021.

Spirent and MultiLane Join Forces to Enable 800G Ecosystem

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Successful 100G electrical lane design requires novel techniques and robust test procedures, said Kees Propstra, Vice President of Marketing at MultiLane.

Key Points: 
  • Successful 100G electrical lane design requires novel techniques and robust test procedures, said Kees Propstra, Vice President of Marketing at MultiLane.
  • Our joint effort with Spirent to tackle these challenges facilitates the transition to the 800G node, the next frontier in data center interconnects.
  • Spirent offers 800G validation solutions for the entire ecosystem, offering interconnect, network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), and hyperscalers multiple options to help implement their 800G solutions, with support for various speed modes including 1x800G, 2x400G, 4x200G and 8x100G.
  • MultiLane Inc. is a leading provider of High-Speed IO and Data Center Interconnect test solutions from 10G to 800G.

Spectra7 and MultiLane to Demonstrate 112Gbps PAM4 Active Copper Cable Technology at CIOE

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

As the industry moves to 800Gbps it will adopt 112Gbps PAM4 per lane signaling over 8 lanes.

Key Points: 
  • As the industry moves to 800Gbps it will adopt 112Gbps PAM4 per lane signaling over 8 lanes.
  • ACCs enabled with Spectra7's GC1122 solution will extend copper cable reach 2.5 times, up to 4 meters at a fraction of the cost of optics.
  • The GC1122 is the latest addition to the GaugeChangerTM product line and extends the data rate from 56Gbps PAM4 to 112Gbps PAM4 per lane.
  • "We are delighted to be working with Spectra7 and their cable partners as they anticipate bringing their 112Gbps products to mass production in 2022."

Credo Expands AEC (Active Electrical Cable) Family with Second Generation HiWire™ Low Power SPAN AEC

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

The hot-swappable LP SPAN AEC is a reliable, plug and play replacement of Active Optical Cables (AOC) for high-speed interconnects up to 400Gbps at approximately half the power and lower cost.

Key Points: 
  • The hot-swappable LP SPAN AEC is a reliable, plug and play replacement of Active Optical Cables (AOC) for high-speed interconnects up to 400Gbps at approximately half the power and lower cost.
  • LP SPAN AECs are easier to deploy than DACs due to their longer reach, lighter weight, and tighter bend radius.
  • 400G LP SPAN AECs are terminated with QSFP-DD modules and support 8x56G lanes while 200G LP SPAN AECs are terminated with QSFP56 modules and support 4x56G lanes.
  • Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets.

FIBERSTAMP Launches 100G Ultra-long Distance Dual-rate QSFP28 ER4/ZR4 Optical Transceiver

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Friday, August 20, 2021

TAIPEI, Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FIBERSTAMP today launches two models of 100G long distance optical transceivers 100G QSFP28 ER4 & ZR4, supporting up to 90km ultra-long distance dual-rate high-speed transmission, and showing up outstanding performance superiority of high stability and compatibility, are well adapted to 5G Backhaul and Metro DCI Networks.

Key Points: 
  • TAIPEI, Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FIBERSTAMP today launches two models of 100G long distance optical transceivers 100G QSFP28 ER4 & ZR4, supporting up to 90km ultra-long distance dual-rate high-speed transmission, and showing up outstanding performance superiority of high stability and compatibility, are well adapted to 5G Backhaul and Metro DCI Networks.
  • Besides, the 100G QSFP28 ER4 can realize up to 40km ultra-long distance transmission without FEC, through which the latency and power consumption are all significantly improved.
  • As an Open Optical Network Interconnection Expert, FIBERSTAMP is committed to provide global users with Economic, Professional and Efficient Optical Interconnection Solutions.
  • The current main products cover 25G/50G/100G/200G/400G optical transceiver transceivers, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and Direct Attached Cables (DACs), 100G/200G/400G coherent optical transceivers and UHD video transmission optics.

Point2 Technology Accelerates Volume Deployments of Low-Power 400G Active Electrical Cables

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

When Point2 announced the PT-QD20132 last month, we expected it would be readily adopted, said Sean Park, CEO of Point2 Technology.

Key Points: 
  • When Point2 announced the PT-QD20132 last month, we expected it would be readily adopted, said Sean Park, CEO of Point2 Technology.
  • We believe this is because AECs have advantages over passive direct attach copper (DAC) and active optical cable (AOC) in short-reach applications.
  • Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) and Point2 will be demonstrating its low-power 400G Active Electrical Cable (AEC) SoC and reference design at Designcon at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, August 16-18, 2021.
  • Module manufacturers are encouraged to contact Point2 Technology for information about integrating the companys PAM4 SoC into their products.

Spectra7 and MultiLane to Demonstrate 112Gbps PAM4 Active Copper Cable Technology

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

As the industry moves to 800Gbps it will adopt 112Gbps PAM4 per lane signaling over 8 lanes.

Key Points: 
  • As the industry moves to 800Gbps it will adopt 112Gbps PAM4 per lane signaling over 8 lanes.
  • ACCs enabled with Spectra7's GC1122 solution will extend copper cable reach 2.5 times, up to 4 meters at a fraction of the cost of optics.
  • The GC1122 is the latest addition to the GaugeChangerTM product line and extends the data rate from 56Gbps PAM4 to 112Gbps PAM4 per lane.
  • "We are delighted to be working with Spectra7 and their cable partners as they anticipate bringing their 112Gbps products to mass production in 2022."