Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) and OE Solutions say they have teamed on production-ready 100G coherent QSFP-DD optical transceivers for 5G backhaul and metro access applications. The optical modules should be released early in 2022.
The OE Solutions 100G QSFP-DD Coherent Transceiver will leverage the Marvell Deneb Coherent DSP (CDSP) and will be the first module on the market to enable 100G coherent transmission within the power and performance parameters 5G and metro access applications require, the two companies state.
"Marvell's innovative Deneb coherent DSP enables new opportunities in the 100G access transport market and expands our industry-leading 5G RAN portfolio offering to address growing carrier infrastructure needs," said Samuel Liu, senior director, product line management at Marvell. "By choosing the industry's first production-ready 100G optimized CDSP for its backhaul transceivers, OE Solutions is expanding its technology leadership position in coherent pluggable modules for 5G networks."
"As the first 100G CDSP in production to enable the I-temp QSFP-DD pluggable module form factor optimized for 5G backhaul applications, Deneb is the best choice for our new 5G optical transceiver products," commented Walter Lee, general manager of the Transceiver BU at OE Solutions. "We look forward to further collaboration with Marvell as we ramp production of our new 100G transceiver portfolio in 2022."
"Metro access's transition to 100-Gbps coherent optics has been closely examined in Cignal AI's forecasting for the past two years," said Scott Wilkinson, optical components lead analyst at Cignal AI via a Marvell/OE Solutions press release. "There is enormous potential for growth as 100-Gbps coherent upgrades the millions of 10-Gbps DWDM transceivers currently deployed in metro access. The industry is eagerly awaiting a solution that can meet the performance, price, and form factors necessary to implement 100-Gbps coherent in that part of the network. Deneb-enabled standardized 100-Gbps optical modules will accelerate this transition."
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