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Finisar Introduces Industry's First 150 Gbps Parallel Active Optical Cable
Based on the Industry-Standard CXP Form Factor, Finisar's High-Performance Active Cable Enhances Computing Connectivity in High-Speed Applications
| Source: Finisar
SUNNYVALE, CA and HAMBURG, GERMANY--(Marketwire - June 22, 2009) - Finisar Corporation
(NASDAQ : FNSR ), a technology leader in fiber optic solutions for high-speed
networks, today introduced C.wire™, a 150 gigabit per second (Gbps)
optical link for storage, data center, and high-performance computing
connectivity. Based on the CXP form factor, the C.wire active optical
cable (AOC) utilizes fiber optic technology to transmit parallel high-speed
data in 100+ Gbps applications such as InfiniBand, 100G Ethernet, and
proprietary high-speed interconnections. Finisar will demonstrate this new
active cable at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'09) in
Hamburg, Germany, June 22-24, 2009 at booth #612.
With the increase in I/O bandwidth required by next generation CPUs,
protocols such as InfiniBand and Ethernet need very high speed connectivity
solutions for next-generation data center architectures.
Aggregation Switches, Stacked Switches and Meshed Network Topologies need
to deploy cabling solutions which are beyond the bandwidth and distance
limitations available in copper.
C.wire provides the smallest footprint of any cable solution available
today for applications requiring data throughput of 100Gbps and beyond. It
transmits parallel 12x12.5 Gbps data bi-directionally over a multimode
fiber (MMF) ribbon cable. Its superior low-power, small bend radius and
high-density (Gb/s per mm³) make it the ideal connectivity solution for
growing data centers and HPC clusters.
"Finisar's C.wire will drive data center connectivity to new levels," said
Alan Benner, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Corporation and Chair of
the ElectroMechanical Working Group for the InfiniBand Trade Association.
"With InfiniBand QDR 40 Gbps server connectivity available today and 120
Gbps coming soon, we need solutions like Finisar's active optical cables to
drive higher density switches at lower power."
"With C.wire you can now get connections above 100 Gbps anywhere in the
datacenter without worrying about whether you need copper or optics," said
Karen Liu, Vice President, Ovum RHK. "Aside from operation simplicity,
Finisar's innovation addresses these increasingly urgent issues as
datacenters grow in both size and speed: power consumption, density and
reach."
"As evidenced in recent analyst reports by IGI and Lightcounting, Active
Optical Cables are quickly becoming the next generation interconnects of
choice for high-speed datacenter and HPC connectivity," said Jan Meise,
director of strategic marketing at Finisar Corporation. "C.wire represents
the third member of Finisar's cable family and is a clear demonstration of
our commitment to providing breakthrough cable technology that will ensure
100G computing connectivity as early as 2010."
C.wire's product offerings include a 12x12.5 Gbps cable for proprietary
interconnects and a 12x10 Gbps cable for InfiniBand 12xQDR and 100GbE
applications. To request a sample or to find more information about
Finisar's active optical cable product line, contact the company at
#1-408-548-1000, send email to cables@finisar.com or visit
www.finisar.com/cables. For more information about ISC'09, visit:
www.supercomp.de.
About Finisar
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ : FNSR ) is a global technology leader for fiber
optic subsystems and network test systems that enable high-speed voice,
video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable
TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical
optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands
for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide.
For additional information, visit www.finisar.com.
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to differ materially from those projected. Examples of such risks include
those associated with: the uncertainty of customer demand for Finisar's
products; the rapidly evolving markets for Finisar's products and
uncertainty regarding the development of these markets; Finisar's
historical dependence on sales to a limited number of customers and
fluctuations in the mix of products and customers in any period; ongoing
new product development and introduction of new and enhanced products; the
challenges of rapid growth followed by periods of contraction; and
intensive competition. Additional risks include the potential impact of
pending civil litigation arising from the investigation of Finisar's
historical option granting practices. Further information regarding these
and other risks relating to Finisar's business is set forth in Finisar's
quarterly report on Form 10-Q (filed March 12, 2009).