Data center driven deployments of 400 Gbps coming in 2017/2018: Heavy Reading
The falling price of 100-Gbps connections within the data center, growth in I/O bandwidth requirements per rack, and a new generation of component technology should combine to drive 400-Gbps optical communications into the field in the 2017/2018 timeframe, says Heavy Reading. The market research firm states in its newly released "400G Components Come Out of the Shadows" that trials of 400-Gbps optical interfaces for both intra-data center and data center interconnect should begin by the end of this year.