Avago Launches Optical Transceivers at Super Computing 2010 Conference

Provider of analog interface components, Avago Technologies has unveiled a new form factor designed for fiber-optic transceivers, facilitating enhanced port density in storage and Ethernet equipment. Avago’s mini-SFP+ (mSFP+) pluggable modules facilitate 30% more port density than typical SFP+ transceivers.

The mSFP+ transceivers integrate the company’s 850-nm PIN detector and Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology, while exhibiting minimal power consumption with a 0.6 W dissipation. The pluggable modules deliver equivalent data-transmission for advanced 8-Gbps Fibre Channel and 10-Gbps Ethernet equipment for storage applications. In addition, the transceivers comply with the optical interface norms of IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR standards.

Avago has collaborated with multiple cable and cage providers to offer a comprehensive10-Gbps Ethernet mSFP+ system. The company has displayed Brocade’s DCX Backbone modular switch that features the mSFP+ technology, at the 2010 Super Computing conference, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. In addition, the company showcased other high-speed fiber-optic solutions at the event.