| PHY device connects Metro Ethernet to 10GbE optical nets
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2008-01-31 |
| Applied Micro Circuits Corp. has introduced the Pemaquid, a XAUI-to-XFI 10G LAN/WAN/OTN Framer/Mapper/PHY device for 10GbE, 10G Fibre Channel and OTU2 network applications. |
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| VME/VXS board does high-performance DSP, DAQ
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2008-01-30 |
| Pentek has launched a VME/VXS board for high-performance DSP and DAQ systems. The board employs Freescale's MPC8641D Dual Core PowerPC AltiVec Processor and a Xilinx Inc. Virtex-4 FX Series FPGA. |
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| Laser sensors offer precision tracking for PC mice
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2008-01-30 |
| Avago Technologies has launched two high-precision, small-form-factor laser navigation sensors for corded and cordless PC mice. |
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| IP controllers deliver SATA Rev. 2.6 features
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2008-01-29 |
| Serial ATA host/device IP controllers with support for the most commonly used features in the latest SATA specification, Revision 2.6, have been released by Mentor Graphics Corp. |
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| Processor eases shift from TDM to VoIP MSANs
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2008-01-25 |
| Mindspeed Technologies has introduced a family of highly-integrated VoIP processors that enable the migration of copper loop voice access networks from traditional Class-5 TDM equipment to next-generation VoIP MSANs. |
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| Stratix II GX FPGAs prop up 50Gbit/s SFI-5 interface
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2008-01-25 |
| Altera Corp. has announced SERDES Framer Interface Level 5 (SFI-5) standard support in their Stratix II GX FPGAs with embedded transceivers, providing a 40-50Gbit/s interface for high-performance optical communications applications |
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| Optical fibers give PHY chipset low power loss
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2008-01-23 |
| A PHY chipset for mobile or portable electronic devices that uses polymer optical fibers to achieve very low power dissipation has been developed by German fabless semiconductor startup Silicon Line GmbH |
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| Avago debuts 10GbE SFP+ transceiver
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2008-01-22 |
| Avago Technologies says it has developed the industry's first 10Gbit/s Ethernet SFP+ short reach optical transceiver |
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| Multiport power meter speeds up testing
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2008-01-18 |
| Agilent's new optical power meter with four (N7744A) or eight (N7745A) power-sensor channels is said to provide increased throughput and higher operational efficiency |
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| IC upgrade of IR receivers doubles sensitivity
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2008-01-17 |
| IR receivers from Vishay Intertechnology Inc. are getting an upgraded IC that doubles the sensitivity of the device under low-light conditions. |
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| FinePix undergoes postmortem
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2008-01-17 |
| Fuji's FinePix F460 camera was a midtier, circa 2006 5Mpixel camera with 3x optical zoom and the requisite 2.5-inch LCD |
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| JDSU offers structured cabling test products
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2008-01-16 |
| JDSU will unveil several new task-ready tools for network and enterprise test including the LanScaperPRO network tester, TestifierPRO cable tester and fiber-optic test kits at the Winter BICSI Conference 2008. |
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| Test platform supports DSL triple-play service verification
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2008-01-15 |
| EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering introduces a copper test module for the AXS-200 SharpTESTER platform, which tests the full 30MHz VDSL2 spectrum over copper access networks |
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| Ciena beefs up Ethernet transport with L2 switching
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2008-01-15 |
| Ciena said it is updating its CN 4200 FlexSelect transport system with cards that integrate switching of Ethernet frames within a transport aggregation system. |
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| Turnkey ref design supports both Blu-ray, HD DVD
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2008-01-15 |
| Broadcom's BCM97440 reference design incorporates complete software stacks that meet Blu-ray, HD DVD and universal player requirements, enabling manufacturers to introduce mass-market HD solutions to market quickly and at the right price points. |
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