Tag: 400GE

PAM4 And How Forward Error Correction (FEC) Produces Relief - And New Problems

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PAM4 And How Forward Error Correction (FEC) Produces Relief - And New Problems

Stephanie Michel 2019.02.15

Forward Error Correction [1] is becoming ubiquitous in the data-center. Not only in 400G links, where SNR requirements to achieve error-free transmission using  PAM4 modulation cannot be met anymore, 

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#PAM4 #400GE #Data Center Infrastructure

The Need for Speed

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The Need for Speed

Nicole Faubert 2019.01.31

Massive data flow from 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous vehicles is driving explosive traffic growth, creating unprecedented demand for

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#Data Center Infrastructure #5G #400GE

5 Tips to Reduce Data Center Transceiver Costs

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5 Tips to Reduce Data Center Transceiver Costs

Nicole Faubert 2019.01.10

The cost of optical transceivers is a major concern for data center operators as they migrate their networks from 100GE to 400GE. To be competitive, transceiver manufacturers must find ways to drive d

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#PAM4 #Data Center Infrastructure #400GE #5G

6 Key Trends Driving Data Center Innovation

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6 Key Trends Driving Data Center Innovation

Nicole Faubert 2018.11.23

Ever increasing demands for a connected world with instant data access continues to drive data center innovation. Data center operators need to embrace new technologies to support the response times a

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#Network Test #PAM4 #Data Center Infrastructure #400GE #5G

Keeping the Pulse on 400GE in the Data Center

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Keeping the Pulse on 400GE in the Data Center

Nicole Faubert 2018.10.29

At the heart of every data center is the transceiver. Large hyperscale data centers have more than 50,000 optical fibers in them. With a transceiver at each end of the fiber, these data centers house

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#Network Test #PAM4 #Data Center Infrastructure #400GE #Communications

Everything You Need to Know About Complex Optical Modulation

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Everything You Need to Know About Complex Optical Modulation

Stephanie Michel 2018.10.23

New data centers are being built across the globe, while today’s CPUs and RAM ensure latencies so low that it is no problem to map immense amounts of data spread over several servers within a fraction

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#Communications #Network Test #Data Center Infrastructure #400GE