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| Avago Announces 8 Gb/sec SFP Transceiver for Fibre Channel Avago Technologies has announced availability of the industry's first 8 Gb/sec SFP optical transceivers for Fibre Channel applications. With excellent transmitter optical and electromagnetic interference performance, the AFBR-57D5APZ doubles the bandwidth of previous Fibre Channel SFP optical transceivers. The new transceiver is also compliant with industry SFP + multi-service agreements and enables the production of standards-based 8 Gb/sec SAN switches, storage arrays, host bus adapters and tape drives. Avago's new AFBR-57D5APZ is designed to be compliant with FC-PI-4 standards over multimode optical fiber at signaling rates from 8.5 Gb/sec to 2.125 Gb/sec without the need for external rate select inputs. It provides real-time temperature, supply voltage, laser bias current, laser average output power and received input power diagnostic information. The AFBR-57D5APZ's digital diagnostic interface also adds the ability to disable the transmitter, monitor for transmitter faults and monitor for receiver loss of signal. Avago's AFBR-57D5APZ is available in link lengths up to 150 meters for 8.5 Gb/sec; up to 300 meters at 4.25 Gb/sec.; and up to 500 meters at 2.125 Gb/sec. It leverages all standard features and capabilities of Avago's widely adopted 4G SFP modules, including DMI and RoHS compliance. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |