Finisar 100G SWDM4 QSFP28 Transceiver Releases to Full Production
November 06 2017 - 5:00AM
Finisar (NASDAQ:FNSR) today announced that it is in full production
of its 100G shortwave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM)
optical transceiver. The pluggable QSFP28 transceiver is the first
mass-produced module capable of transmitting 100 Gbps over a single
pair of multimode fibers, thereby enabling users to upgrade from
existing 10 to 100 Gbps without altering the existing fiber
infrastructure. The transceiver is also the first optical
module on the market compliant with the 100G SWDM4 specification
defined by the SWDM multi-source agreement (MSA)
(www.swdm.org/msa).
Many data centers today carry 10 Gbps optical signals over
duplex multimode fiber (MMF), where one fiber is used to transmit a
signal and the other is used to receive a signal. When
upgrading to 40 or 100 Gbps over MMF, data center operators must
quadruple the amount of fiber deployed if they wish to use optical
transceiver modules based on the IEEE 40GBASE-SR4 or 100GBASE-SR4
standards, both of which rely on four fiber pairs (i.e., 8
fibers). The transceiver, system, and cabling suppliers that
constitute the SWDM MSA have agreed on specifications that avoid
the need for this additional fiber, and therefore allow data
centers to further leverage their investment in their existing MMF
plant.
Finisar was the first optical transceiver vendor to complete
reliability testing and release a 40 Gbps SWDM4 module earlier this
year, and is now also the first vendor to complete reliability
testing and release a 100 Gbps SWDM4 module. These modules
comply with the “40G SWDM4” and “100G SWDM4” specifications of the
SWDM MSA, respectively.
“The SWDM modules provide great value to our data center
customers,” explained James Wynia, director of network product
management at Dell EMC. “The ability to leverage existing 10G fiber
infrastructure not only saves our customers additional capital
expenditure, but also provides operational savings by eliminating
the need for new fiber installation and associated facility
upgrades.”
“Finisar’s SWDM modules are the first of their kind to finish
qualification and be released to mass production,” said Dale
Murray, principal analyst at LightCounting Market Research.
“These duplex MMF modules provide systems vendors with a strong
competitive advantage against other vendors who offer only parallel
multimode optics at 40G and 100G to their data center
customers.”
“We are pleased to offer Finisar’s SWDM modules to our
customers,” said Yi Zhaoping, product development manager at New
H3C Technologies. “SWDM modules are an example of how New H3C
allows our customers to maximize the value of their prior
investments and seamlessly scale their data centers.”
In addition to the 40G SWDM4 and 100G SWDM4 modules currently in
production, Finisar previously demonstrated an extended-reach 100G
eSWDM4 module at the European Conference on Optical Communications
in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 2017.
About Finisar Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR)
is a global technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and
components that enable high-speed voice, video and data
communications for telecommunications, networking, storage,
wireless, and cable TV applications. For more than 25 years,
Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system
manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth
and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA
with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide.
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www.finisar.com.Finisar-G
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