(Marketwired - Mar 20, 2017) Luxtera, the global leader in Silicon Photonics, today announced the sampling of its 100G-CWDM2 QSFP optical transceiver module. Leveraging Luxtera's latest silicon photonics chipset, the LUX45202 optical transceiver was developed to target 100G buildouts for cloud, enterprise, and high performance computing end users. The LUX45202 offers customers superior performance and reliability, at a price point that makes it the leading 100G duplex solution on the market. These benefits are realized by implementing PAM-4 modulation, which allows the LUX45202 to accomplish with two lasers what today's solutions require four lasers to achieve. "Cisco is always looking for the best possible optics for use in its platforms, and Silicon Photonics has long been seen as a critical element for 100G data center systems," said Bill Gartner, VP and GM at Cisco. "Cisco is excited to see Luxtera delivering high-density, low-cost 100G data center solutions offering disruptive opportunities for our cloud and enterprise customers."
Luxtera Debuts Duplex 100G-CWDM2 Optical Transceiver Module at OFC 2017
And a report on their Silicon Photonics efforts and roadmap
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Microsoft PowerPoint - Luxtera Presentation for ECOC 2016 Datacenter Workshop 2016 RED