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| Luxtera Samples World's First 40 Gigabit Optical Active Cable Luxtera announces that it is the first company to sample a 40 Gigabit Optical Active Cable (OAC), the Blazar. Luxtera's OAC will be available to customers following its demonstration at the International Conference for High Performance Computing – SC07. The product is suited for InfiniBand and Ethernet applications in High Performance Computing clusters and data centers. At SC07, Luxtera will hold three live demonstrations with Mellanox Technologies, QLogic and Fulcrum Microsystems. The demonstrations will showcase InfiniBand protocol at QDR 40 Gbps and SDR 10 Gbps data rates, as well as high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. Luxtera's CMOS Photonics based interconnect was also selected for the exclusive Disruptive Technologies exhibit. A disruptive technology is an innovation or product that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology in the market. Luxtera's Blazar fits the disruptive criteria as the world's first QSFP 40 Gbps OAC and first CMOS Photonics product. Data centers and HPC clusters will gain 2x throughput and 3x reach using Blazar versus existing optical active cables. They will also gain 4x density improvement with one QSFP connector taking the same space as four XFP connectors. By utilizing Luxtera's CMOS Photonics technology, Blazar delivers these improvements at prices comparable to today's 20G interconnect. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |