EXFO: BA-1600 Series - 1.6T Bit Analyzer

As data rates climb to 800G and 1.6T, EXFO's BA-1600 addresses testing complexity and time-to-market pressures by providing a single platform for high-speed PAM4 electrical testing—streamlining validation from R&D through manufacturing and helping customers accelerate innovation while reducing cost and risk. It enables customers to validate next-generation transceivers and electrical interfaces quickly and accurately, ensuring reliability and standards compliance across 400G, 800G, and 1.6T designs. By unifying multiple test functions into one instrument, the platform can reduce validation time and operational expenses and automate setup and data capture. Also, service providers can develop new revenue streams by shortening development cycles, launching new products faster, and delivering higher-value, higher-speed optical solutions that meet growing demand in the AI and hyperscale data center markets.

Judge’s comment: “A very relevant product and cutting edge, as the BLER verification method is still being developed in IEEE 802.3dj, but it will be widely used.”