New High-Speed Active Optical Cabling from Siemon

Manufacturer of IT cabling infrastructure equipment, Siemon has introduced a new series of QSFP+ 40Gb/s active optical cable assemblies.

The cable assemblies are specifically developed to support interconnect-based applications namely network storage, HPC (high-performance computing) and enterprise networking systems. The new interconnects are a part of the family of company’s AOC (Active Optical Cabling) series, and extend the company’s product line of fiber data center and copper cabling solutions.

The optical cable assemblies include a transceiver that consumes 780 mw by using the Silicon CMOS Photonics technology that has an opto-electronic chip. The fiber-to-the-chip technology allows the Moray active optical cabling assemblies to reduce the cost and the number of Active Optical Cabling components and enhance its reliability, unlike the multi-mode fiber and VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) solutions. For intra- and inter- building applications, Moray’s transceivers can support a distance range of 1-4000 m.

The optical fiber assemblies support FibreChannel SAN Storage, Ethernet, InfiniBand systems and other IO interfaces links between buildings, containers racks and boxes. The Moray product series is set to support advanced optical interconnects for 100 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s applications.