BERLIN, Germany, January 12, 2010 : VI Systems GmbH, a leader in ultra-high speed engines for data- and tele-communications reported the successful realization of the challenging goals of the HiTrans Project that was supported and managed by one of the major banks in Berlin (IBB). In this project VI Systems coordinated and led the efforts to develop serial 40 Gbit/s fiber-coupled small form-factor TO-can receiver and transmitter modules and including several related electro-optic components. The research consortium included national and international companies with particular expertise in their technical fields: Europe’s leading GaAs epi-wafer foundry, a leading foundry for silicon-germanium-based BiCMOS integrated circuits, a high volume manufacturing partner with expertise in flip-chip and wire bonding process steps and the German technical universities of Berlin (TUB) and Dresden TUD)        

 Within the project integrated circuits (ICs) for current or electro-optically modulated lasers, and limiting transimpedance amplifier ICs for the PDs have been developed and prototyped.  A high-frequency (40 GHz) transmitter and receiver packaging based on the proprietary integrated-packaging approach of VI Systems for flip-chip and wirebond sub-assemblies was completed. And the characterization of data transmission at ultrahigh data bit rates by using the latest high-frequency test equipment, and microwave and optical characterization techniques were performed. In the end the project partners demonstrated error-free data bit transmission over multimode fiber at 40 Gbit/s using the developed subassemblies and fiber-coupled modules. The power consumption of the receiver and transmitter modules is below 150 mW allowing integration into standard commercial SFP (small form-factor pluggable) transceivers. Additionally the small size (<6 mm x 6 mm) and the power consumption levels of the new prototype modules allows their integration into QSFP (quad small form-factor pluggable) transceivers with SerDes ICs, all at an expected low power consumption of 3W per module. The production of both single- and multi-mode fiber versions of the QSFP transceiver is possible.

Lisle, Ill. and Carlsbad, Calif. USA – January 11, 2011 – Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ:MOLX and MOLXA), a global leader in the high speed interconnect marketplace, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Luxtera's Active Optical Cable (AOC) business. Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, will transfer all aspects of its existing and future AOC business to Molex including current QSFP+ (Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable) 40Gbps Ethernet and InfiniBand products and customers. The acquisition immediately adds QSFP+ active optical cables to Molex's portfolio of active optical connectivity products. The acquisition includes an exclusive agreement for Luxtera to develop and supply advanced chip-sets for future Molex products that are based on Luxtera's silicon photonics technology, including next generation 14Gbps and four channel 25Gbps products for the 100Gbps Ethernet and InfiniBand markets. The companies will work together on future product planning to provide customers with leading edge interconnect solutions at 10Gbps, 14Gbps, 25Gbps, and faster data rates.

According to Doug Busch, Vice President and General Manager of Molex's Global Fiber Optic Products Group, this is a strategic acquisition that will help Molex boost its share of the global fiber optic assemblies market.

"The acquisition of Luxtera's AOC business immediately adds QSFP+ 40Gbps products to our existing portfolio and further contributes to our tradition of innovation for our customers, allowing them to deliver high performance products," Busch said. "We are very excited to be partnering with Luxtera on future AOC development because the combination of our interconnect expertise with Luxtera's long reach, low power and low bit error rate optical solutions will enable us to offer the highest level of photonics integration and performance available."

Greg Young, CEO, Luxtera said the new partnership aligns perfectly with the strategic direction and long term goals of both companies.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced that it is working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) at the Super Computing 2010 (SC/10) conference in New Orleans (Nov. 15—18) in evaluating high speed, standards-based 40 GbE connectivity in support of scientific research that studies the global climate.

Some of the largest data sets in existence today are related to weather research and that data is used extensively throughout the world. The ability to rapidly share data across faster networks enables advances in global climate research.

The demonstration of high performance networking, found at NASA SC/10 booth #3839, complements an ongoing and collaborative study of global climate.  The networking experiments−replicating what is also planned to be performed on site at GSFC in Maryland−enable enhanced research capabilities through dramatically improved network performance without a step-up in overall network infrastructure costs. This stride forward in price/performance is made possible through the Extreme Networks first-to-market, standards-based 40 GbEswitch, the Summit® X650.

"Our High End Computer Networking (HECN) Team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is looking forward to using Extreme Networks' 40 GbE modules in our environment. We've been link aggregating multiple 10 GbEs for quite some time, and prefer to have 40 GbE, especially given Extreme Networks' announced price," said J. Patrick (Pat) Gary, project manager for GSFC's HECN Team. "The demonstrations at SC/10, involving the transfer of very large files, can help propel climate research further."

"Extreme Networks has remained at the cutting-edge of networking and this bodes well for wide-scale science being performed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and also for universities and similar research centers," said Harpreet Chadha, sr. director of product management for Extreme Networks.  "Having the first to market 40 GbE solutions delivered to NASA for this event is a true honor and we look forward to seeing the results."

Files transferred will range from 32 gigabytes to 128 gigabytes. All testing will occur on the show floor during the exhibition.  By implementing 40 GbE in the core, network operators stand to realize further reductions in cost, configuration and cabling complexity, where a 40 GbE implementations reduce core cabling and deliver aggregation options for 10 GbE.

The SC/10 demonstration connects Extreme Networks switch with Finisar's Quadwire™ 40G parallel active optical cables to transmit data while reducing latency, weight, density, and power consumption. Color Chip provided long haul transceiver solutions supporting distances up to 10km. Spirent provided on site test verification of Ethernet connections on the show floor. Ixia's higher speed Ethernet (HSE) solutions, that perform Layer 1-7 line-rate testing with real-world traffic emulation, also verified the performance of 40 GbE connections.

Extreme Networks at SC/10:

Extreme Networks is displaying its high performance Ethernet solutions in New Orleans at SC/10 from Monday through Thursday, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.  At Extreme's Booth, #4747, visitors can learn more about its high performance 40 GbE and 10 GbE switching solutions and its Four Pillar data center strategy that provides a seamless migration path for next generation data centers, allowing organizations to transition from physical networks, to virtual networks and onto the cloud.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., November 2, 2010 – Force10 Networks, Inc., a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business, today announced an end-to-end 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) solution designed to bring increased performance while delivering network simplicity to converged data centers. For the data center edge, Force10 is launching the S-Series™ S4810 10/40 GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch, while for the network core, it is announcing the new 40 GbE line card for its ExaScale™ virtualized core switch/router.

This new core-to-edge solution also incorporates the Force10 Open Automation Framework and leverages its ability to improve network flexibility, availability and manageability while reducing operational expenses in virtualized data center environments through network automation.

“As the adoption of 10 GbE on servers and storage systems accelerates, an end-to-end solution delivering high-density 10 GbE aggregation at the network edge coupled with 40 GbE interconnects in the core is increasingly becoming a necessity in data center networks,” said Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president and distinguished research fellow, Yankee Group. “With its core-to-edge 40 GbE solution announced today, Force10 is well positioned to capture additional market share as customers look to attributes such as high port density and lower power consumption – attributes where their ExaScale switch/router competes effectively.”

The S4810 10/40 GbE ToR switch is purpose-built for applications in data center and computing environments that require the highest bandwidth and lowest latency. Leveraging a non-blocking, cut-through switching architecture, the S4810 delivers line-rate Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding capacity with ultra low latency to maximize network performance. The compact S4810 design provides 48 dual-speed 1/10 GbE ports as well as four 40 GbE uplinks to conserve valuable rack space.

“With this announcement, Force10 enters a market poised for spectacular growth as data center managers continue to optimize their network infrastructure and improve overall efficiency by increasing capacity and lessening latency for their converged fabrics,” said Alan Weckel, director, Ethernet switch market research, Dell’Oro Group. “As a result, we anticipate that 10 GbE port shipments associated with purpose-built 10 Gbps top-of-rack switches will increase from 325,000 ports in 2009 to 4.5 million by 2012.”

Force10 to Demonstrate S4810 at SC10 Conference
The S4810 ToR switch will be showcased at the upcoming SC10 conference November 15–18, 2010 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, as part of a comprehensive multi-vendor, multi-technology display in the Ethernet Alliance booth. The demonstration will feature equipment from several vendors, highlighting the ability of Ethernet to support high performance networking technologies, including 10 GbE and 40 GbE as well as converged traffic including, iSCSI, iWARP, RoCE and others.

40 GbE Connectivity from Edge to Core
As the first company to provide an end-to-end 40 GbE solution, Force10 is delivering connectivity from the data center edge to the core with the new oversubscribed 40 GbE line card for the company’s flagship ExaScale virtualized core switch/router. Supporting high port density, the ExaScale switch scales to 56 40 GbE ports in a single, half-rack chassis. Today, the ExaScale also offers the industry’s highest 10 GbE density, supporting up to 560 ports in a half-rack chassis.

“Data centers face tremendous swings in network traffic and must have a flexible infrastructure that is both easy to implement and manage,” said Arpit Joshipura, newly appointed chief marketing officer, Force10 Networks. “Coupling the ExaScale in the core and the S4810 at the network edge with the Force10 Open Automation Framework creates a two-tier, logically flat and non-blocking 10/40 GbE data center network solution that delivers increased bandwidth and decreased complexity. At the same time, it contributes to reduced operational expenses by providing greater availability and manageability in virtualized data center environments.”

Availability
The S4810 will begin shipping to customers by the end of this quarter. The 40 GbE line card for the ExaScale virtualized core switch/router will ship to customers in the first half of 2011.

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AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, Oct 14, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Revealing the future of high performance networking, Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) today announced that the world's first long-haul network demonstration of standards based, 40 GbE switching featuring Extreme Networks, was successfully completed this week between SARA in Amsterdam and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, as part of the annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop.

Highlighting the event, data traffic containing a computer-generated video depicting the "Big Bang" as part of the CosmoGrid astrophysics project was delivered to 15 high-definition LCD screens. This demonstration was made possible with Extreme Networks first-to-market, standards-based 40 GbE switch, which features pricing of $1,000 per port.

"Today's successful linkup would not have been possible without Extreme Networks(R) Summit X650 switches," said Dr. Paul Wielinga, head of SARA's high-performance networking department. "Remote visualization of large volumes of distributed data is one of the key challenges of the current peta-scale era. This test has demonstrated for the first time that we can cost-effectively achieve 40 Gigabit speeds using standards based Ethernet switching over a long distance to carry critical data predictably; we are very excited to have been successful."

The high speed network links leveraged Extreme Networks first-to-market 40 Gigabit Ethernet VIM3 40G4X modules, found with its Summit X650 switch. The switch connected to CERN using a 40 Gbps lambda on the dark fiber connection between NetherLight in Amsterdam and CERNLight in Geneva. At the CERN site, a second Summit X650 switch transmitted the data to eight servers that in turn delivered it to a video wall of 15 high-resolution screens. Each server generated two 2 Gbps data streams to support two screens, which translates to a combined resolution of 12,800 x 4,800 pixels at a frame rate of 22 fps.

The test contained a cosmological dataset, created in the Netherlands using five supercomputers worldwide, including the Dutch National Supercomputer Huygens at SARA Computing and Networking Services, and turned into visual data using a render cluster of 16 servers. The data is currently stored on 32 SSDs attached to a single streaming server at SARA in Amsterdam.

"Extreme Networks is proud to have supplied the 40 GbE switching technology in this impressive demonstration between SARA and CERN," said Paul Hooper, Chief Marketing Officer for Extreme Networks. "With an ever increasing demand for bandwidth, Extreme Networks' solutions deliver the performance, scale and reliability expected by our customers around the globe, and this installation represents a very good example of how we meet those expectations. Whether it's images of the 'Big Bang,' X-rays of patients or technology-enabled teaching environments, we rise to and meet the challenges that others vendors find too demanding."

SARA As the national High Performance Computing and e-Science Support Center in the Netherlands, and a supernode in International Science Grid, SARA supports researchers with state-of-the-art integrated services, facilities and infrastructure: High Performance Computing and Networking, data storage, visualization and e-Science services.

Extreme Networks Extreme Networks, Inc. provides converged Ethernet network infrastructure that support data, voice and video for enterprises and service providers. The company's network solutions feature high-performance, high-availability and scalable switching solutions that enable organizations to address real-world communications challenges and opportunities. Operating in more than 50 countries, Extreme Networks provides wired and wireless secure LANs, data center infrastructure and Service Provider Ethernet transport solutions that are complemented by global, 24x7 service and support. For more information, visit http://www.extremenetworks.com

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Calabasas, CA, October 14, 2010 – Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading, global provider of converged IP network test solutions, today announced that Mellanox® Technologies used its K2 High Speed Ethernet (HSE) test solution to verify the throughput of their ConnectX-2 EN Ethernet Network Interface Cards (NIC). Mellanox’s next generation NIC is designed for data centers using multiple HSE links, with demands for high throughput and low latency – handling more than 1.5 terabits per second.

Internet traffic has grown exponentially as greater numbers of users employ more and more complex types of traffic. The effect of this growth on data centers is substantial. Data transfer between information consumers and information sources, and between many virtualized components, has increased rapidly. Previous solutions – such as aggregating 10 Gbps links – complicate data center topologies, are costly, and extremely labor-intensive. It is essential that single, higher-speed links be available in the data center.

The Mellanox ConnextX-2 EN NIC is designed for converged fabrics in enterprise data centers, clustered computing, and embedded environments that benefit from high bandwidth, low latency interconnect efficiency. Mellanox chose Ixia's K2 and 10 GE solutions to replace their in-house, industry-grade partial-load solution as their testing needs evolved. Ixia’s solution rapidly scaled to Mellanox’s traffic demands, checked protocol conformance, generated layer 4-7 traffic, and accurately measured latency, loss, and jitter in real time. Ixia’s K2 HSE solution was the best option able to sufficiently stress the ConnextX-2 EN NIC and demonstrate its next-generation abilities.

• Key Facts:
• Mellanox ConnectX-2 EN Ethernet NICs deliver the industry lowest 1.3 µs latency with performance-leading 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with stateless offloads.
• Ixia’s HSE solutions are the only full-production test products available today that validate IEEE 802.3ba standards-based network elements. Ixia’s K2 modules generate and analyze 40 GE and 100 GE BERT and layer 2-7 line-rate traffic, with up to one million distinct flows, and are compatible with Ixia’s other applications and automation configurations.
• QSFP+ is becoming the de facto interface for 40-GE-based data center networks. Ixia’s 40 GE modules are the only fully compliant, native QSFP+ interface offering a stable and ready-to-use test system.
• Mellanox purchased Ixia’s award-winning IxNetwork, IxLoad, and IxANVL test applications to generate layer 2-3 traffic, layer 4-7 traffic, and to check protocol conformance.

Wed, Oct 13, 2010 : Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), Mellanox® Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX; TASE: MLNX), SURFnet and the University of Amsterdam today announced a collaborative experiment that produced a high-speed, long-haul 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GbE) network to demonstrate distributed data processing and end-to-end single stream performance well beyond 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps).  The demo was shown for the first time at the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF)’s 10th annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

The four organizations came together to create a 40 Gbps long-haul optical network to explore a future in which the network continues to be an enabler to local, regional, national and international research collaboration through the successful support of high-performance data distribution, next-generation video and data processing. Utilizing shared expertise in advanced photonic, leading-edge hardware and high-performance computing to complete the demonstration, the organizations created a network using an existing 1650 km production-quality SURFnet link, connecting an experimental high-performance computer cluster equipped with a Mellanox ConnectX®-2 EN 40GbE NIC at the University of Amsterdam to a remote data processing unit with a corresponding interface at the GLIF meeting venue.  The demonstration pushed 26 Gbps (the practical limit of the PCIe bus) from the processor in Amsterdam to the processor at CERN through a single optical wave lambda.  The network infrastructure was based on Ciena’s Optical Multiservice Edge (OME) 6500 equipped with 40GbE interfaces, which was seamlessly upgraded from a 10 Gbps optical lambda to a 40 Gbps optical lambda with no added signal regeneration or modifications to the existing infrastructure

“We're honored to work with these leading-edge research organizations as we continue to invest in opportunities to remove capacity bottlenecks and expand the capabilities of our converged optical Ethernet solutions portfolio,” said Rod Wilson, senior director for Ciena’s external research program. “The creation of next-generation infrastructures is vital to supporting e-Science applications, and Ciena is proud to be a participant in successfully enabling the innovative development of these complex and adaptive networks.”

“We are pleased to be a part of this collaborative effort to drive distributed data over long distance via a high-bandwidth 40GigE network,” said Dror Goldenberg, vice president of architecture at Mellanox Technologies. “Mellanox’s ConnectX-2 EN 40GigE NIC sets the stage for disparate, next-generation data centers by enabling high-bandwidth Ethernet fabrics optimized for long-run capacity.”

“We are excited that we are able to push the envelope further to 40 Gbps long-haul transmission for research and education,” continued Erik-Jan Bos, chief technology officer at SURFnet. “This 40G demo showed that we now can do single stream end-to-end transport well above today's common boundary of 10 Gbps.”

“The novelty of this work is the new unobstructed 40 Gbps single channel bandwidth between compute nodes implemented directly on a lambda network. This marks the next step in the growth of long-haul communication capacity for distributed data processing,” said Cees de Laat, professor in system and network engineering at the University of Amsterdam. “These capacities are essential not only for data intensive e-Science but also, for example, in high-resolution 3D digital cinema and movie processing. The photonic network vision and technology as developed by Ciena integrates the communication building blocks seamlessly with the rest of the e-Infrastructure.”

"Pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe requires us to pioneer the state-of-the-art in many areas of technology. The worldwide processing of LHC data needs advanced network technology for us to push the capabilities of our computing capacities around the globe,” commented David Foster, IT deputy department head at CERN. “We are excited about the glimpse of the future capabilities that has been achieved today between CERNLight and NetherLight, by the GLIF community and its partners.”

October 5, 2010, Mountain View, CA – The Ethernet Alliance has announced the summarized results of the Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3baTM‐2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. Sixteen Ethernet Alliance members including Altera, Amphenol, CommScope, Cisco, FCI, Finisar, Ixia, Leviton, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Vitesse Semiconductor, and Volex Group gathered at Ixia’s iSimCity in Santa Clara, California during the week of September 13, 2010 to verify interoperability of test equipment, switches, routers, NICs, transceivers and cabling. The plugfest was assisted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH‐IOL). Complete success was achieved for interoperability between transceivers, cables and systems tested, except for one cable that was determined to be faulty due to incorrect assembly.

The interoperability results were impressive considering that this was the first time so many vendors had participated in such an event. The test results will give service providers an increased level of comfort knowing that there will be a wide availability of HSE products and a greater breadth of vendor choice. Participants were able to demonstrate effectively the interoperability of their products. Cables tested met or exceeded IEEE Std. 802.3ba, and bit error ratio tests (BERT) were used in the transceiver and cable tests to verify link‐level error‐free operation within the requirements of IEEE Std. 802.3ba.Basic layer 3 traffic was used to verify system‐level error‐free operation.

Ixia provided 40 and 100 Gbps test ports, Cisco provided 40 and 100 Gbps switch and router ports, Mellanox provided 40 Gbps NICs, and development boards from Altera and Vitesse were used for transceiver testing. CFP MSA transceivers from Finisar, Opnext and one other optics vendor were included in the testing as well as QSFP transceivers from Finisar and QSFP active cables from Amphenol, Finisar and Siemon. Optical cables, including OM3 and OM4 multimode fiber and direct attached copper, passive and active cable assemblies along with direct attach active optical cable assemblies were contributed by Amphenol, CommScope, FCI, Leviton, Panduit, Siemon and Volex Group.

“This interoperability event demonstrates that the 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet ecosystem is real and ready for deployment,” said David Schneider, marketing chair of the Ethernet Alliance’s Higher Speed Ethernet subcommittee. “The fact that widespread interoperability was so quickly achieved is testament to the strong engineering teams of the member‐participants and to the standard itself.” “The fact that Ethernet Alliance members pulled together an interoperability event within one quarter of the standard’s ratification demonstrates the availability of the 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet ecosystem,” said John D’Ambrosia, chair of the IEEE P802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet Task Force, and director, Ethernet‐based Standards of the CTO Office for Force10 Networks. “Future interoperability events and public demonstrations will highlight the growth of the ecosystem and the 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet family of products and standards.”

Additional information on the interoperability demonstration will be available in a white paper that will be available on the Ethernet Alliance Web site on November 15 at http://ethernetalliance.org/library/higher_speed_ethernet_40gbs_and_100bs_ethernet/white_papers.

TURIN, Italy, Sep 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT) and Anritsu Corporation today announced the successful public demonstration of the industry's first 100GBASE-LR4 module at an OTU4 transmission rate of 111.8 Gbps. The companies also demonstrated a 40GBASE-LR4 transceiver which is also capable of running OTU3 traffic. The demos are featured in the Opnext booth #213 and Anritsu booth #375 during the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) being held September 20 - 22 in Turin, Italy.

The Opnext TRC5E20FNF-SF000 is a CFP optical transceiver module that conforms to standards defined in the CFP MSA. The module is hot-swappable and supports 100GBASE LR4 and OTU4 rates using Opnext cutting edge EA-DFB lasers each running up to 28 Gbps. The module transmits and receives via four parallel wavelengths at 25 Gbps each per the IEEE 802.3ba 100GbE and at 28 Gbps each per ITU-T OTU4 projects. The TRC5E20FNF-SF000 CFP module is sampling and available to customers.

The Opnext TRC5B20MN-SW000 CFP optical transceiver can be used to transmit 40GbE as well as SONET / OTU3e traffic using 4 uncooled direct modulated DFB lasers running at up to 11.3 Gbps each. The Opnext OTU3 transceiver module conforms to applicable standards and expands Opnext's 40 Gbps product line for use in next generation high speed switching and routing applications. It complies with the applicable standards and is available to customers now.

"System vendors can confidently design 40 and 100 Gbps system Optical Transport Networks (OTN) that support end-to-end or client-to-DWDM-to client networks," said Tadayuki Kanno, president of Opnext's module business unit. "Opnext's client-side OTU3 and OTU4 technology also comes at a time when coherent 40 and 100 Gbps WDM line-side technology is moving towards deployment phase. The Opnext OTU3 transceiver module expands our 40 Gbps product line for use in next generation high speed switching and routing applications."

"Anritsu's MD1260A 40GbE/100GbE Analyser has been conceived and designed to match the evolving testing needs in today's rush towards 100Gbps," said Alessandro Messina, Marketing Director for Anritsu's wireline solutions in EMEA. "System vendors are engaging in a new challenge to bring larger broadband in smarter next generation networks, and Anritsu is willing to provide intelligent solutions to support this effort. Together, Opnext and Anritsu today show state of the art combination of Test Equipment and Compact Optical Modules to achieve these goals."

TURIN, Italy, Sep 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT), a global leader in state-of-the-art laser technology, and Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA) a leading, global provider of converged IP network test solutions, announced that they will demonstrate error-free, line-rate transmission of 40 GbE traffic using the new Opnext 40GBASE-LR4 CFP transceiver module and the Ixia K2 higher speed Ethernet (HSE) test solution. The demonstration is taking place during the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) being held September 20 through September 22 in Turin, Italy.

The Opnext TRC5B20 module is a pluggable optical transceiver enabling 40Gbps Ethernet and SONET traffic transmission over 10km single mode fiber (SMF). The module leverages Opnext's well-known capability of delivering high performance technology to market in a compact pluggable package while also lowering the overall power consumption. The module supports four data rates: 39.8Gbps, 41.25Gbps, 43.0Gbps and 44.6Gbps and can be used in both datacom and telecom applications. The Opnext 40GbE transceiver module performance is showcased in the IXIA K2 higher speed Ethernet test solution. The K2 platform is a complete IEEE 802.3ba-2010 standard compliant test solution from layer 1 through layer 7, including bit error rate tests as well as PCS lanes verification.

"We are pleased to see a great deal of interest in the newest addition to our 40G product line," said Josef Berger, Director of Product Marketing at Opnext. "Customers value the versatility of this module because it can be used for both 40G Ethernet and SONET/OTU3e applications in switches, routers and other transport equipment. In addition, the module incorporates Opnext's state-of-the-art uncooled direct modulated DFB lasers, which enable a low power solution for the market. With the help of Ixia's K2 test solution, we are showcasing the stable transmission of IP traffic via our optical transceiver."

"Higher speed Ethernet is real and ready to go," said David Schneider, Sr. Manager of Market Development at Ixia. "All the components - transceivers, cables, on-board electronics and test/system interfaces - are inter-operating well. We expect to see 40 GbE interfaces in multiple data center products this year, especially high speed switches. Opnext 40G optical transceiver modules are a key enabling product for these switches."

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