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Cisco builds Internet for the Future approach on silicon, optics, and software
The company underscored its intention to continue to innovate within the silicon, optics, and software arenas and bring these innovations to market along diverse avenues from the chip to systems level.
Components
CompoundTek teams with Cadence, Lumerical on process design kit for silicon photonics applications
Electronics
Inphi sampling Canopus DSP for pluggable coherent 400G applications
Optical Tech
OIF resets board of directors, launches network operator survey on coherent optics
Sponsored
Is your Network Ready for 400GbE?
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Optical Tech
Driving Next Generation Network Solutions at OIF – A Network Operator’s Perspective
Optical Tech
Deadline for 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews extended to November 22
Mergers & Acquisitions
Broadcom reacquires optical transceiver assets from Foxconn
Electronics
Broadcom sampling BCM68650 10G PON OLT MAC family
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Entry deadline for 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews is November 15
Mergers & Acquisitions
Inphi to buy eSilicon for custom electro-optics
Sponsored
Is your Network Ready for 400GbE?
Electronics
Solving Bandwidth Challenges with FPGAs Optimized for Next-Generation Optical Networking
The availability of cost-optimized, low-power FPGAs at mid-range densities with intrinsic burst mode clock data recovery support is facilitating new ways to solve difficult OLT design challenges.
Electronics
Nokia touts Quillion fixed access network chipset family
The chipset family will support GPON and 10G PON architectures on the fiber side and a variety of approaches, including Gfast, on the copper side.
Transmission
OIF plans 400ZR, CEI-112G, IC-TROSA interops at ECOC 2019
Meanwhile, OIF Physical and Link Layer Working Group, Vice Chair Optical Karl Gass will deliver a presentation titled “Deployment of the 400ZR Ecosystem” on Tuesday, September 24, from 3:00 to 3:30 PM.
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Achieving Multi-Vendor Interoperability in Ethernet: Behold the Plugfest!
It is the Ethernet Alliance’s interoperability test event—the “plugfest”—where the technology’s global reputation for seamless, multi-vendor interoperability is definitively earned.
Electronics
Semtech offers XGS-PON OLT chipset
The company is showing of the GN7153B combo chip and the GN7055B multi-rate burst mode transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for XGS-PON optical line terminals (OLTs) at CIOE 2019.
Transmission
Open Eye Consortium releases PAM4 53-Gbps single-mode transceiver module specification
The MSA members expect the specification will lead to development of 50G SFP, 100G DSFP, 100G SFP-DD, 200G QSFP, and 400G QSFP-DD and OSFP single-mode modules that are less expensive and complex than digital approaches that require DSPs.
Transmission
Latest Ethernet Alliance High-Speed Networking Plugfest has 97% pass rate
If the latest Ethernet Alliance High Speed Networking (HSN) Plugfest is any indication, industry is making significant progress toward developing multivendor interoperable high-speed devices.
Transmission
OIF launches coherent driver modulator, FlexE/400ZR white paper projects
The first effort targets a higher baud rate coherent driver modulator and the second seeks to create a white paper that describes low-rate service multiplexing using FlexE and 400ZR.
Electronics
Faraday intros 28-nm 28G programmable SerDes IP for networking ASICs
The company expects the SerDes capability to find use in 100 Gigabit Ethernet and PON equipment designs.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cisco, Acacia Communications assure customers
Executives at Cisco Systems and Acacia Communications have sent a letter to customer assuring them that Cisco plans to continue to support the needs of Acacia’s customers after it acquires the company.
Companies
Court awards Viasat $49.3 million in damages in SDFEC IP suit against Acacia Communications
Viasat says it plans to pursue further financial awards at Acacia’s expense, including additional royalty damages for breach of contract as well as attorney’s fees.
Electronics
HiLight Semiconductor sampling 25-Gbps CMOS transimpedance amplifiers for PIN and APD photodiode applications
The HLR25G0 targets PIN photodiode applications and the HLR25G1 is “most suited” to avalanche photodiode (APD) based designs, according to the company.
Electronics
NeoPhotonics shipping 53-Gbaud linear driver ICs for single-lambda 100G applications
The GaAs devices are intended to complement silicon photonics based Mach-Zehnder modulator chips in single-lambda 100G optical transceiver designs.
Electronics
MaxLinear delivers G.hn Wave-2 chips to ZTE for FTTH fiber extenders
The extenders target delivery of broadband services in fiber to the building (FTTB) applications over existing in-building twisted-pair and coax cables via G.hn technology.
