August 20, 2011
Cortina Systems Inc. has introduced the CS7542 and CS7522 devices, designed to support the delivery of multiple IP-enabled services in a single home gateway platform. The chips support a variety of home interface and system designs, from carrier service gateways that support a variety of converged IP-based services to smart network attached storage (NAS) boxes.
August 20, 2011
Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO) says its new AFBR-57F5PZ SFP+ transceivers for 16 Gigabit Fibre Channel applications have reached production status. The transceivers support industry-standard signaling rates up to 14.025 GBd.
August 20, 2011
Having been first to market with a tunable XFP, JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) says it has developed a tunable SFP+ optical transceiver module that will also be the first such device out of the gate. The module, which JDSU says is being demonstrated to customers, leverages the same Integrated Laser Mach-Zehnder (ILMZ) chip as the tunable XFP to provide full C-Band tunability. JDSU expects it to be in production within the next 12 months.
August 20, 2011
Yenista Optics has added a new module to its multi-channel OSICS test platform. The “OSICS BKR” variable backreflector module is designed to provide a controllable back reflection of up to 55 dB over a wavelength range of 1250 nm to 1650 nm.
August 19, 2011
It's 11:30 p.m, you're in San Francisco on business, and you want to check for messages at your office in Virginia. First you dial in and get your voice mail. Next you plug your portable computer into the hotel-room telephone jack, hit a few keys, and pick up e-mail from a potential client in South Africa, your sister in Albuquerque, and a business associate in Detroit.
August 19, 2011
Spread Networks LLC, operator of a network between New York and Chicago, entered a new agreement with Sidera Networks LLC, a provider of fiber optic-based network systems, which enables Sidera to wholesale Spread Networks Ultra Low Latency Wave service.