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Mellanox to Demonstrate100Gb/s DAC and Active Optical Cables at Supercomputing 2014 Conference

Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced sample availability for 100Gb/s Direct Attach Copper (DAC) and Active Optical Cables (AOCs) for both EDR 100Gb/s InfiniBand and 100 Gigabit Ethernet data center networks. Mellanox will demonstrate 100Gb/s DAC cables of 2, 4, 6 and 8 meter lengths and 100 and 200 meter Active Optical Cables at the Supercomputing 2014 Conference.

18 Nov 2014

Super Computing Conference: Samtec to Demonstrate Remote PCI Express Gen 3 Switching Over Fiber

Samtec, Inc., today announced that it will demonstrate remote PCI Express® (PCIe®) Gen 3 switching over fiber at the SC14 (Super Computing) Conference, November 17-20, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

17 Nov 2014

CP Communications Selects CALIENT’s S320 Optical Circuit Switches for HD21 Project

CALIENT Technologies, Inc., the global leader for optical circuit switching technology, today announced it is working with remote broadcast production industry leader CP Communications (Elmsford, NY) to develop a new fiber-optic network supporting 4,000-pixel resolution (4K) ultra high definition television for its next-generation live sports and event broadcast production trucks.

11 Nov 2014

Common Glass Material Shows Promise for Developing Super-Fast Computers

Researchers have developed a new material which can control light in order to deliver and process computer information. This discovery can increase the speed and power of computer processing in the near future.

10 Nov 2014

IEEE Announces New Conformity-Testing Standards for SIEPON

IEEE, the world's largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today announced three new standards for conformance-testing procedures for IEEE 1904.1™ “Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON).”

6 Nov 2014

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Introduces Next Generation Single-Fiber Core Alignment Fusion Splicer

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a major leader in the design and manufacturing of optical fiber and connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of its next generation single-fiber core alignment fusion splicer, the Quantum™ Type-Q101-CA -PLUS. The fusion splicer enhances speed, user friendliness as the first to introduce Wi-Fi, and maximizes splicing and cost efficiencies for advanced splicing performance for FTTx, data center, and other communication network applications.

5 Nov 2014

BCR Diagnostics Discovers Fiber-Based Internal Reflection for Fluorescence-Based Testing

Today BCR Diagnostics, Inc. announced the discovery of “Fiber-based Internal Reflection” (FiBIR™), an unprecedented optical phenomenon poised to revolutionize the growing field of fluorescence-based testing. The technology has demonstrated a 50-fold amplification of fluorescent signal making it exceptionally sensitive and cost-effective.

3 Nov 2014

TTI Named as Value-Added Assembler for Amphenol’s Fiber Optic MIL-DTL-38999 Series III Circular Connectors

Amphenol Aerospace, a division of Amphenol Corporation has named TTI, Inc. as a value-added assembler for their ARINC 801, MT, and CF38999 tight tolerance Fiber Optic MIL-DTL-38999 Series III circular plug and receptacle connectors.

30 Oct 2014

Record High 255 Terabits/s Transmission Achieved Over New Type of Fibre

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands and the University of Central Florida (CREOL) in the USA, report in the journal Nature Photonics the successful transmission of a record high 255 Terabits/s over a new type of fibre allowing 21 times more bandwidth than currently available in communication networks. This new type of fibre could be an answer to mitigating the impending optical transmission capacity crunch caused by the increasing bandwidth demand.

28 Oct 2014

New Type of Light Diffusion Discovered in Tiny Optical Fibers

Researchers at the Femto-ST Institute (CNRS/UFC/UTBM/ENSMM)1, working in collaboration with colleagues from the Charles Fabry Laboratory (CNRS/Institut d'Optique Graduate School), have just discovered a new type of light diffusion in tiny optical fibers 50 times thinner than a strand of hair! This phenomenon, which varies according to the fiber's environment, could be used to develop sensors that are innovative and highly sensitive. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications on October 24, 2014.

27 Oct 2014

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