Nov 19 2010
AlpenIO, manufacturer of optical interconnect technology, announced that it is launching four new optical products and a new optical technology at the SC10 conference.
The LightFinity-P optical engine technology of AlpenIO is provided in a paddleboard sub assembly. This allows convenient migration from copper to fiber-optic cables for cable manufacturers. The optical engine is developed using a FR-4 PCB. It does not require any complicated or expensive fiber alignment device.
LightFinity Optical Engine
AlpenIO's cable assemblies are based on the LightFinity optical technology. The low-cost, low power and miniature design results in creating a compact form factor. The company provides LightFinity optical engines for integrating it with cable assemblies. The LighFinity optical engines can also be mounted onto the PCB boards.
The LightFlash4 is a QSFP Active Optical Cable that supports Infiniband data rates and 40GbE. LightFlash4 consumes very less power of 750 mW per end. The company also demonstrated a power consumption of less than 600 mW per end. This decreases the power consumption and enhances the thermal efficiency in the data center. The cable complies with QSFP MSA specification and is ideal for HPC clusters.
The LightXpress4 is a Gen2 PCI Express x4 active optical cable that has the capability to transfer auxiliary sideband signals. The LightXpress4 cable is plug compatible with an external cabling PCIe connector. The LightFinity-S cable is a surface mount ceramic variant with a fiber pigtail. The cable can be mounted on PCB boards by using a low profile LGA socket. It has a compact form factor of 16x16x2.92 mm. The LightFinity-S fiber optic cable is ideal for applications such as fiber channel, backplane interconnect, and chip to chip interconnect optical interfaces.
Source: http://www.alpenio.com/