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Molex Releases QSFP+ Active Optical Cable

By Editor | November 20, 2012

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Molex Incorporated announces the availability of its QSFP+ low power 56 Gbps Fourteen Data Rate Active Optical Cable (AOC), which delivers a reliable and less costly solution for aggregated data rates up to 56 Gbps over reaches up to 4 km. The QSFP+ 56 Gbps AOC integrated cable requires less than 1 W per cable, and provides the flexibility of traditional optical modules by interfacing to systems via a standard Multiple Source Agreement QSFP (Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable) connector.

Featuring four bi-directional optical data links per end, each operating at data rates from 1.0 to 14.0 Gbps, Fourteen Data Rate (FDR) AOC cables from Molex are compatible with multiple protocols including InfiniBand* FDR, 10Gb Ethernet, SAS 2.0 and 3.0 (6 and 12 Gbps), Fibre Channel (8 and 10 Gbps).  A low Bit Error Rate of 10e-18 errors provides increased data reliability and a robust link compared to standard transceivers with 10e-15 errors per link.  The cables are also available in a low loss pigtail version, which allows customers to install the singlemode fiber separately and connect to the pigtail version to avoid constant high-cost cable upgrades as bandwidth increases.

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The 56 Gbps AOC cables from Molex are available in lengths up to 4 km (2.49 miles) for optimal design flexibility.  The singlemode fiber technology provides a longer reach than copper and multimode fiber solutions in data center and campus environments.  The firmware is field flashable via a I2C bus so cables can be reflashed while in the host system.

Molex Incorporated
www.molex.com


Filed Under: Cables + cable management, Connectors (electrical) • crimp technologies, Electronics • electrical
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