Intel ups its optical comms ante with transponder trio
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Intel Corp. has released the latest products in its push to become a player in optical communications.
The devices are smaller than LightLogic's TXN13300, which Intel released for the OC-192 (10Gpbs) SONET market late last year, said Dan Sweeney, general manager of Intel's Optical Platform Division. "Instead of one or two I/Os per line card, this allows four or five," he said.
Consisting of transmit and receive optics plus high-speed electronics, 10Gbps transponders cover a market that ranges from customer-premises equipment up to the client side of DWDM systems.
The long-haul side of a DWDM boxthe side pointing to the WANremains proprietary for many OEMs; it also requires more expensive elements. As a result, most OEMs continue to use discrete components rather than transponders for long-haul purposes, Sweeney said.
The two transponders will sell for less than $2,000 in volume, Intel officials said.
Intel expects to price the TXN17401 at less than $1,000 in volume.
Craig Matsumoto EE Times |
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