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Pat Chou

Product Manager

Service Provider - Transceiver Modules Group

Since 2012, Pat Chou has been a Product Manager in Cisco’s Transceiver Modules Group, where he manages pluggable optic transceivers for use in data centers, campus networks, and service provider networks. Prior to joining Cisco he held positions in sales, marketing, and R&D at optical technology leaders Bell Laboratories (now Nokia), JDSU (now Lumentum), and optical technology startups AOptix, Phaethon, and AiDi.

Pat received his PhD and Bachelor’s Degree from MIT, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California, all in electrical engineering. He’s back in school again, sort of, studying improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings and The Upright Citizens Brigade.

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25G Transceiver FAQ

Written by Craig Pasek, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group I’ve posted a few blogs about 25G transceivers (here, here, and here). Here’s an FAQ to address questions that have arisen from the significant uptick in the use of 25G transceivers, which is driven by high bandwidth dema…

Cisco Optics Demos and Displays at OFC 2019

For decades, the OFC conference has been the place to see the latest research and innovation in all things related to optical communication. The exhibit hall is a great place to see for yourself what industry leaders are working on. Come visit Cisco Optics next week, at OFC 2019 in San Diego, Califo…

Cisco Optics Preview for OFC 2019

Cisco Optics products and technology will be on display at OFC 2019 at the San Diego Convention Center! OFC is officially known as the The Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition. Join us at Booth #5829 for live demos and presentations given by product managers of Cisco̵…

February 20, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Peace of Mind with Cisco Optics (Part 1 of 3)

Written by Kaushik Mittra, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco Cisco sells the highest quantity of optical transceivers in the world. Through a combination of internal development and OEM and JDM engagements with suppliers, Cisco has developed an extensive portfolio of transceivers t…

February 7, 2019

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25-Gigabit Pluggable Transceivers for Data Center Applications

Written by Craig Pasek, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco Upgrading Seamlessly From 10G to 25G With exponential growth in Internet users and applications, data center traffic continues to experience explosive growth. Driven by increases in social networking, data and video content d…

December 20, 2018

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Transforming Enterprise Applications with 25G Ethernet SMF

Written by Craig Pasek, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco  Bandwidth Drivers for 25G Bandwidth requirements in today’s Enterprise networks are now being driven by dramatic increases in video conferencing by such systems as Cisco’s Telepresence and other real-time applications such…

100G Lambda MSA Group Adds New Members and Releases Updated Specifications for Next Generation Networks

Written by Ray Nering, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco   On Sept 20, 2018, the 100G Lambda MSA group announced that membership to the MSA has increased from the original 22 promoters, to include an additional 16 contributors. The MSA has been developing 100G and 400G optical specif…

Meeting enterprise demands with dual rate 10/25G Ethernet

Written by Craig Pasek, Product Manager Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco   Enterprise networks are now being stressed by video conferencing and other demanding video applications that push beyond the speed limits of traditional 10G infrastructure.  Whether it’s IEEE802.11ax WiFi Access Points,…

New MSA Formed to Tackle 400GE Over Multi-Mode Fiber

Written by Ray Nering, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco   On July 9, 2018, the 400GE BiDi MSA Group announced its formation. The founding members consist of Alibaba, Broadcom, Cisco, Corning Incorporated, Foxconn Interconnect Technology, InnoLight Technology, Inphi Corporation…