Japan’s KADOKAWA Connected Inc. Reduces DWDM Connectivity Costs with Inphi COLORZ®
March 12 2020 - 8:00AM
Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leader in high-speed data
movement interconnects, and KADOKAWA Connected Inc., a tech company
in KADOKAWA Group, today announced KADOKAWA Connected has selected
Inphi COLORZ® 100GbE QSFP28 DWDM optics to meet the evolving data
center interconnect (DCI) bandwidth needs for one of the largest
video streaming service in Japan, NicoNico Douga.
When KADOKAWA Connected started looking for an upgrade path for
connecting its data centers to remote Point of Presence (POPs),
they wanted a cost effective 100GbE low power solution, which could
scale quickly. COLORZ enabled KADOKAWA Connected to dramatically
scale its network traffic, while operating at the IP level without
the need for an additional transport layer. With COLORZ, KADOKAWA
Connected will be able to continue grow high quality and
reliability streaming services for its customers while having a
high capacity and highly dependable DWDM connectivity.
“After a comprehensive validation of the technology and
solution, we have concluded COLORZ offered the best total cost of
ownership to support our capacity expansion requirements,” said
Hiromichi Tomatsu, Network Infrastructure Strategist of KADOKAWA
Connected. “The operational simplicity combined with power, rack
space and cost savings offered by COLORZ were key considerations in
our decision.”
COLORZ is the industry’s first Silicon Photonics 100G PAM4
platform solution for 80km DWDM DCIs in QSFP28 form factor.
Utilizing advanced Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) signaling,
COLORZ delivers up to 4Tb/s of bandwidth over a single fiber and
allows multiple data centers located up to 80km of each other to be
connected and act like a single data center.
“We are pleased to see KADOKAWA Connected leveraging the
benefits of COLORZ for their high demands network and video
streaming demands,” said Tomas Maj, Sr Director of Marketing,
Optics at Inphi. “COLORZ QSFP28 DWDM optical platform easily scales
service capacity just by adding new transceivers to switch or
router ports.”
KADOKAWA Connected CEO Shigeo Kagami said, “We were able to make
the backbone for NicoNico Douga and other services faster and more
cost-effective by using COLORZ. We are making this result public to
encourage network operator groups, because I believe its
communities should be necessary in the era of Smart Cities.
Furthermore, this enhances Digital Transformation in many
industries. We will continue with open innovation and create a next
generation future by engineering.”
About KADOKAWA Connected Inc.KADOKAWA Connected
Inc. is a Japan-based company providing cloud platform for online
entertainment service and game software, providing network
infrastructure for offices, data centers and event sight. It
provides platform for NicoNico Douga, one of the most popular
Japanese video-sharing site with 2.8 million paid subscribers and
over 74 million registered users. It is one of the most visited
websites in Japan.
About Inphi Inphi Corporation is a leader in
high-speed data movement interconnects. We move big data – fast,
throughout the globe, between data centers, and inside data
centers. Inphi’s expertise in signal integrity results
in reliable data delivery, at high speeds, over a variety of
distances. As data volumes ramp exponentially due to video
streaming, social media, cloud-based services, and wireless
infrastructure, the need for speed has never been greater. That’s
where we come in. Customers rely on Inphi’s solutions to develop
and build out the Service Provider and Cloud infrastructures, and
data centers of tomorrow. To learn more about Inphi,
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Corporate Contact: Kim Markle Inphi Corporation
kmarkle@inphi.com
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