Technical Insight
Agilent and Corning set to accelerate deployment of parallel-optics (Fiber News)
Agilent Technologies (Palo Alto, CA) and Corning Cable Systems (Hickory, NC) are to provide a high-volume supply of new parallel-optics solutions, targeting high density interconnects for terabit switches and routers, server to server backplane interconnects and low-cost 10 Gbit/s SONET/SDH very short reach connections. Customers will gain access to Corning s passive optical technology and Agilent s active parallel-optics modules, which combine twelve 2.5 Gbit/s channels into discrete transmitter and receiver modules. These offer an aggregate data rate of 30 Gbit/s, and occupy only 1.5 inches of PC board. "Agilent Technologies is the leading provider of high-speed active parallel-optics networking components," added Stuart Hoiness, VP of OEM sales and marketing for Corning. "As the industry s leading provider of passive optical products, we have invested heavily in both multi-fiber assembly performance and capacity, to support the industry s rapid move toward parallel networking. This alliance reassures customers of the availability of all the necessary active and passive products."
