Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIA), a leading provider of
high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, and Lumentum
Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LITE), a market-leading designer and
manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, today
jointly announced that they have successfully demonstrated
interoperability between their respective CFP2-DCO modules
operating at 200G. The modules, based on Acacia’s Meru DSP ASIC,
demonstrated 200G transmission over an amplified link with greater
than 1,000 km of standard single mode fiber, using high-performance
8QAM and 16QAM operating modes. This demonstration validates 200G
interoperability between Lumentum and Acacia CFP2-DCO modules for
new deployments, as well as with Acacia’s CFP2-DCO modules already
deployed in the field.
The modules from Acacia and Lumentum were designed for
plug-and-play compatibility, providing customers with two proven
coherent optics suppliers for CFP2-DCO modules, and to enable these
customers to quickly and cost-effectively deploy 200G networks. The
companies have worked together to develop and validate a common
specification that provides optical interoperability, as well as a
common host interface. The CFP2-DCO form factor has been adopted by
multiple network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) in switch, router,
and transport platforms. Providing four times higher density than
100G CFP-DCO solutions by doubling the data rate in a smaller form
factor, Acacia’s and Lumentum’s Meru-based CFP2-DCO modules offer
interoperability without sacrificing capacity or performance.
“This demonstration of interoperability at 200G highlights the
value that we intended to create through our collaboration with
Lumentum on the CFP2-DCO,” said Benny Mikkelsen, Founder and Chief
Technology Officer of Acacia Communications. “Historically,
interoperability in commercially available products has been
limited to lower performance at 100G data rates. We believe that
Meru-based modules are the only commercially available CFP2-DCO
modules supporting 8QAM and 16QAM modulation at 200G.”
CFP2-DCOs are becoming increasingly important for higher-speed
optical networks because they integrate the coherent DSP into the
pluggable module. The digital host interface enables simpler
integration between module and system resulting in faster service
activation for telecommunication providers, and a pay-as-you-grow
deployment model whereby the cost of additional ports can be
deferred until additional services are needed.
“Industry trends are moving toward increasing multi-vendor
interoperability, motivated by the needs of network operators,”
said Beck Mason, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Telecom
Transmission at Lumentum. “Our CFP2-DCO module, based on our proven
Indium Phosphide PIC technology, supports both standards-based
interoperability at 100G, as well as higher performance modes at
100G and 200G.”
About Acacia Communications
Acacia Communications develops, manufactures and sells
high-speed coherent optical interconnect products that are designed
to transform communications networks through improvements in
performance, capacity and cost. By implementing optical
interconnect technology in a silicon-based platform, a
process Acacia Communications refers to as the
“siliconization of optical interconnect,” Acacia
Communications is able to offer products at higher speeds and
density with lower power consumption, that meet the needs of cloud
and service providers and can be easily integrated in a
cost-effective manner with existing network equipment. For more
information about Acacia,
visit www.acacia-inc.com or follow on Twitter
at @AcaciaComms.
About Lumentum
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and
manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling
optical networking and laser applications worldwide.
Lumentum's optical components and subsystems are part of virtually
every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network.
Lumentum's lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and
diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing
capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in Milpitas,
California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices
worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements concerning Acacia
Communications and Lumentum and their respective future
expectations, plans and prospects that constitute “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained
herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to
be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the
words “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,”
“intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,”
“estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “will” or “continue” or the
negative of these terms or other similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. Acacia Communications and
Lumentum have based these forward-looking statements largely on
their respective current expectations and projections about future
events and financial trends that the companies believe may affect
their respective businesses, financial condition and results of
operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks,
uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation, the
companies’ expectations regarding the value created by their
collaboration on Meru-based CFP2-DCO modules and industry trends
moving toward solutions that provide for multi-vendor
interoperability, and other risks set forth under the caption “Risk
Factors” in Acacia’s and Lumentum’s public reports filed with the
SEC, including each companies’ Annual Reports on Form 10-K for
their fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018,
respectively, and Lumentum’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly periods ended September 29, 2018 and December 29, 2018
filed with the SEC and in other filings that each of the companies
may make with the SEC in the future. Acacia Communications and
Lumentum assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this press release as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE Acacia Communications, Inc. and Lumentum,
Inc.
For further information:
Acacia Public Relations Contact:Kelly
KarrOffice: (408) 718-9350Email: PR@acacia-inc.com
Lumentum Public Relations Contact:Greg Kaufman
Office: 408-546-4593 Email: media@lumentum.com
Acacia Investor Relations Contact: Monica
GouldOffice: (212) 871-3927Email: IR@acacia-inc.com
Lindsay SavareseOffice: (212) 331-8417Email:
IR@acacia-inc.com
Lumentum Investor Relations Contact:Jim
FanucchiOffice: (408) 404-5400Email: jim@darrowir.com
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