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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

Sumitomo Electric Releases 10G Symmetrical Ethernet Passive Optical Network Line Cards

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. today announced the release of its 10G symmetrical EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) line cards (FCM7133) for use with its FSU7100 Series of Optical Line Terminals (OLTs). The FCM7133 line cards support 10 times the bandwidth of the current 1G line cards to service the growing needs of both commercial and residential broadband applications.

14 Nov 2014

Scientists Experiment with First ‘Smart Spaces’ for Data Transmission Using Light

One of the problems in the high-tech field of visible light communication (VLC) - or using light to send data wirelessly - is decidedly low tech: The data transmission stops whenever the light is blocked by people's movements, shadows or other obstacles.

14 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

Comprehensive Industry Analysis Report on Global Optical Transceiver Market

This 2014 optical transceivers market report has 575 pages as well as 177 data tables and figures. The vendors in the optical transceivers industry have to invest in high-quality technology and processes. The development of innovative products is essential to keeping and growing market share.

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

Oscilloquartz OSA 5335 Modular PTP Grandmaster Supports 3,000 Remote PTP Clients at 128 PPS

Oscilloquartz, an ADVA Optical Networking company, today achieved an industry milestone with the launch of the OSA 5335 Modular Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Grandmaster. This is the first product of its kind to feature a modular design and extreme scalability at the same time.

5 Nov 2014

MRV Publishes White Paper on Advancements in Software-Defined Optical Layer for Cloud, Mobility Needs

MRV Communications™, Inc. ("MRV®"), a global provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, announced today it has published a new white paper that unveils advancements in creating a software-defined optical layer that suits today's cloud and mobility needs.

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 High-Speed Transatlantic Links for Faster Data Exchange Between US and Europe

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Energy Sciences Network, or ESnet, is deploying four new high-speed transatlantic links, giving researchers at America's national laboratories and universities ultra-fast access to scientific data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and other research sites in Europe.

21 Oct 2014