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FiberHome PMC-Sierra’s HyPHY for OTN over WDM platform

September 27, 2011

Communications semiconductor maker PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) says that Chinese optical networking equipment developer FiberHome is using PMC-Sierra’s HyPHY chipset in FiberHome’s FONST Series of WDM optical transmission platforms.

Visual fault locator from Arden Photonics emphasizes use

September 26, 2011

Arden Photonics says its new VFI-1200 interferometric inspection system is specifically designed for checking the end-face quality and flatness of cleaved, polished, or lensed fibers with diameters of 125 μm to 1200 μm.

FPGAs positioned for 100G OTN, Ethernet designs(1)

September 26, 2011

Having been shut out of the high-end action in the coherent end of 100 Gbps, Altera (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) have moved to position their field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) as viable options when Optical Transport Network (OTN) and Gigabit Ethernet designs move to 100 Gbps. The two silicon merchants have beefed up their FPGA capabilities and positioned themselves as “one-stop shops” through the acquisition of relevant intellectual property (IP) suppliers. The result is that both companies can offer worthy alternatives to ASICs or application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for high-speed Ethernet and OTN applications. But finding a good independent supplier of IP might be a challenge for designers disinclined to use their FPGA supplier’s cores.

FPGAs positioned for 100G OTN, Ethernet designs(2)

September 26, 2011

Sorting through the 100G IP options.Needless to say, each FPGA supplier believes it offers a better product. Altera called Avalon the OTN and Ethernet leader among independent IP houses (including Omiino) when it acquired the company. Xilix’s Garcia, meanwhile, suggested to Lightwave that Omiino’s exclusive focus on IP for FPGAs versus the dual-use nature of Avalon’s IP made Omiino a more seamless fit in FPGA applications – an assertion a Newfoundland Technology Centre executive waved off when asked about it a OFC/NFOEC in March 2011.

Tektronix 30+ GHz oscilloscope development employs 8HP SiGe technology

September 26, 2011

ASICs designed in IBM's 8HP silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS Specialty Foundry technology are exceeding target specifications for a new performance oscilloscope from Tektronix designed to be capable of greater than 30-GHz bandwidth across multiple channels, while minimizing the noise found in older chip sets.

Semtech offers long-haul 40-Gbps DQPSK modulator

September 26, 2011

Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq: SMTC) has announced the availability of its SMI2030 40-Gbps DQPSK modulator laser driver. The SMI2030 DQPSK modulator driver is the first in what Semtech promises will be a line of modulator drivers that will include devices for the 100-Gbps long-haul market -- as well as the first 400-Gbps-capable offerings.

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