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Video: QSFP-DD Optics Thermal Demo and Why This Is Important For 400G Data Center Interconnects
At OFC 2019, I asked Cisco Optics Product Manager Ray Nering about the demo he was running at the Cisco booth. It turns out this is all about connecting data centers together with 400G links. For more details, see this earlier blog post. More videos at the Cisco Optics playlist on Cis…
Optics Around the World… of Solutions at Cisco Live 2019
At Cisco Live 2019 in San Diego this week, you can learn about the latest networking technology at the sessions, browse new products and solutions at the World of Solutions, and even party with Foo Fighters and Weezer at the Cisco Live Celebration! Speaking of the World of Solutions, you’ll fi…
Video: What’s So Special About Cisco Optics?
At OFC 2019, Cisco Optics Product Manager Kai Ng explained to me how our pluggable optical transceivers help our customers deploy and manage their networks worry-free. Many of the details will surprise a lot of people! More videos at the Cisco Optics playlist on Cisco’s Youtube Channel. …
Video: Cisco’s 40G QSFP+ CSR Transceiver Matches 10G SR Reach Over Duplex MMF Optical Links
At OFC 2019, Cisco Optics Product Manager Paymon Mogharabi explains how Cisco’s new 40G extended reach “CSR” QSFP+ transceiver makes 40G upgrades easier for our customers. More videos at the Cisco Optics playlist on Cisco’s Youtube Channel. …
Video: New 25G Transceivers Are Taking Off
At the OFC Conference 2019 in San Diego, Cisco Optics Product Manager Craig Pasek summarizes the latest developments in 25G optical transceivers. More videos at the Cisco Optics playlist on Cisco’s Youtube Channel. …
Cisco Demonstrates 20W+ Power Dissipation of QSFP-DD at OFC 2019
Written by Ray Nering, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco At OFC 2019 in San Diego, CA, Cisco demonstrated the thermal management capability of the QSFP-DD pluggable module form factor for 400G applications. The demonstration showed that QSFP-DD can dissipate the heat generated by a t…
Video: Cisco Silicon Photonics for Single-Wavelength 100G
At OFC 2019, Ray Nering asked me about the single-wavelength 100G PAM4 technology demo we were running, showing clean propagation over 10km of single-mode fiber. For more details, see Silicon Photonics Demonstration at OFC 2019. More videos at the Cisco Optics playlist on Cisco’…
Announcing the Availability of the Dual-Rate 10/25G Long Reach Transceiver Module
Written by Craig Pasek, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group We’re excited to release a new addition to our portfolio of dual-rate pluggable transceivers: The 10/25G LR (Long Reach) SFP28 transceiver module, also known as SFP-10/25G-LR-S. Here’s some info about the new product tha…
Silicon Photonics Demonstration at OFC 2019
Thanks to all who stopped by the Cisco booth at OFC 2019 in San Diego! It was a bustling show and our booth was constantly packed. If you didn’t get to see it, Cisco Optics had a number of products and technologies on display. One of them was Cisco’s silicon photonics platform that our t…