Molex Unveils Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Active Optical Cable Assemblies

Interconnect solutions provider, Molex has launched Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP+) Active Optical Cable (AOC) assemblies that consume minimum power and have the longest link distance possible in the industry.

The company will display the products at 2011 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), which will be conducted at the Los Angeles Convention Center from 8 to 10 March, 2011.

The QSFP+ AOC assemblies attain data speed of up to 40 Gbps over a distance of up to 4 km with a power consumption of 0.78 W for each cable end. Extra ports can be installed by reducing the power consumption of the entire data center. This in turn expands the connectivity choices and reduces the overall expenditure. The system features CMOS Photonics technology that incorporates the major capabilities of the transceiver onto a single chip, resulting in an economical cable system that offers durable, long-haul solution.

The QSFP+ AOC assemblies have four bi-directional optical data links per cable end with each functioning at a data speed range between 1.0 and 10.3125 Gbps. These features make the system to be integrated with numerous protocols such as SAS with data rate of 6 Gbps, Fiber Channel with data rate range of 8 to 10 Gbps, Ethernet systems with data rate range of 10 to 40 Gbps and InfiniBand quad data rates, dual data rates and single data rates.

The company is planning to unveil the InfiniBand FDR data rate AOC assemblies, using Silicon Photonics 56 Gbps optical engine technology in the third quarter of 2011.

Source: http://www.molex.com