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| Reflex Photonics Announces First Active Optical Cables Reflex Photonics has announced its first InterBOARD QSFP Active Optical Cables (AOC), which will provide bi-directional, electrical to electrical connectivity over distances up to 300 meters using multi-mode optical fiber. The new products will begin sampling in 2Q 2008. The cables, which are specifically designed to support high-performance computing (HPC) and data center environments, will feature Reflex Photonics' own InterBOARD QSFP 4-channel optical modules, which have been in production since 4Q 2007. The QSFP-AOC modules offer four independent transmit and receive channels, operating at up to 10Gbps per channel for an aggregate bandwidth of up to 40Gbps. The QSFP-AOC modules provide an extremely compact solution for DDR/SDR Infiniband, 10 Gigabit Ethernet CX4 (XAUI), 4 x OC-48 SONET, multi-lane PCI Express, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel, as well as proprietary backplane interconnections. The cables will be available in both standard and custom lengths up to 300 meters, which will also be channel speed dependent. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Networking News :: home page |