The company plans to demonstrate the AC1200-SC2 at ECOC 2019 September 22-26 in Dublin, Ireland. An Acacia source says the company already has customers lined up for the optical module.
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.
Kaplan also was chairman of Superconductor Technologies, a developer of superconducting wire. He was 81.
Company management said that strength in demand among Western customers as well as resumption of most of their shipments to Huawei accounted for the better than expected revenue performance
The 32G Fibre Channel optical transceivers are available in the SFP28 form factor for use in the platforms of a variety of switch vendors.
Finisar Corp. has revealed that CEO Michael Hurlston is leaving the company to pursue another, unspecified opportunity. He was not expected to be offered a position with II-VI.
Growth should begin again in 2020 and continue for at least several more years to come. Of course, that implies technology suppliers have to get through 2019 first.
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.
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.
“Through strategic collaborations with our MSA companies, we continue to test the interoperability of multiple vendors’ modules, connectors, cages, and DAC cables to assure a robust ecosystem,” said Scott Sommers, founding member and MSA co-chair.
The partners say the PDK offers designers of 400-Gbps and 800-Gbps optical transceivers a single, streamlined design environment for developing complex multi-fabric systems. It also promotes collaboration in a shared IC design environment.
Cisco’s announcement yesterday that it plans to acquire optical module and components vendor Acacia Communications may herald a significant shift in the optical communications market. It also raised several questions.
The deal is expected to close in the second half of Cisco’s fiscal 2020, subject to the usual closing conditions – including approval by the Chinese Government.
President Donald Trump’s stated at the G-20 Summit in Tokyo at the end of June that, as trade talks with China were about to resume, some sales to Huawei might be allowed. However, no details on which technologies might receive clearance have emerged.
This article will explore some of the reasons for the growth of the data center interconnect segment and focus on several of the new cabling technologies aimed at making this space more installer friendly.
