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Mellanox Technologies has introduced a new line of 100 Gb/s silicon photonics components to serve the growing demand of hyper scale Web 2.0 and cloud optical interconnects. The new product line provides module makers with access to a fully qualified portfolio of silicon photonics components and optical engine subassemblies.
PSM4 represents the highest volume, most cost effective and flexible building blocks for 100 Gb/s for single mode fiber transceivers for data center applications. End customers benefit by having more supplier options and Mellanox benefits by scaling high-volume silicon photonics products.
Specifically, Mellanox is announcing the immediate availability of:
- 100 Gb/s PSM4 silicon photonics 1550 nm transmitter, with flip-chip bonded DFB lasers with attached 1m. fiber pigtail for reaches of 2 km
- 100 Gb/s PSM4 silicon photonics 1550 nm transmitter, with flip-chip bonded DFB lasers with attached fiber stub for connectorized transceivers with reaches of 2 km
- Low-power 100 Gb/s (4 x 25G) modulator driver IC
- 100 Gb/s PSM4 silicon photonics 1310 and 1550 nm receiver array with 1m fiber pigtail
- 100 Gb/s PSM4 silicon photonics 1310 and 1550 nm receiver array for connectorized transceivers
- Low-power 100 Gb/s (4 x 25G) trans-impedance amplifier IC
These components are fully qualified for use in low-cost, electronics-style packaging, ensuring a low-risk, quick time to market advantage. Because the Mellanox silicon photonics platform eliminates the need for complex optical alignment of lenses, isolators, and laser subassemblies, customers can scale to high volume manufacturing easier and faster than traditional technologies. Recently, Mellanox announced that it has shipped more 100,000 Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables and more 200,000 optical transceiver modules for 100Gb/s networks, confirming the market demand and high volume manufacturing leadership for 100Gb/s interconnect products.
Mellanox will be exhibiting at the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), March 21-23, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, and will be showcasing live demonstrations of its 100 Gb/s end-to-end switching, network adapter and copper and optical cables and transceivers solutions, including:
- Live 200 Gb/s silicon photonics demonstration
- Spectrum SN2700, SN2410 and SN2100 100 Gb/s QSFP28/ SFP28 switches
- ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-5 25 G/50 G/100 Gb/s QSFP28/SFP28 network adapters
- LinkX 25 G/50 G/100 Gb/s DAC & AOC cables and 100 G SR4 & PSM4 transceivers
- New Quantum switches with 40 ports of 200 Gb/s QSFP28 in 1RUchassis
- New ConnectX-6 adapters with two ports of 200 Gb/s QSFP28
- Silicon Photonics Optical engines and components
The Company will also be demonstrating interoperability of the Mellanox Silicon Photonics 100 Gb/s PSM4 with Innolight, AOI, Oclaro, and Hisense transceivers.