QSFP-DD

Written by Ray Nering, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco  Data center network traffic continues to grow, and as always Cisco is here to provide the best infrastructure options for the industry. According to Cisco’s VNI Global IP Traffic Forecast, traffic growth from 2017 to 2022 will…

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…

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…

The networking industry is currently testing 400GbE products and is already looking forward to how the next generation will be built. The past few years were full of industry debate around the “right” pluggable form factor for 400GbE. However, that debate seems to have ended, resulting in nearly eve…

The OFC conference has long been the place for the world’s top technical minds to present research and innovation in all things related to optical communication, like fiber optics, data communications, and optical networking. This year it will be held in sunny San Diego, California, USA and you can…

Posting this blog on behalf of Mark Nowell, Distinguished Engineer, INSBU. The rapid growth of cloud data center in terms of storage and networking is something Cisco has been tracking through the Cisco Global Cloud Index for several years now. Our latest forecast shows that we’re on track to meet a…