Wednesday
May202015
OFC 2015 digest: Part 2

The second part of the survey of developments at the OFC 2015 show held recently in Los Angeles.

Part 2: Client-side component and module developments
- CFP4- and QSFP28-based 100GBASE-LR4 announced
- First mid-reach optics in the QSFP28
- SFP extended to 28 Gigabit
- 400 Gig precursors using DMT and PAM-4 modulations
- VCSEL roadmap promises higher speeds and greater reach