Blazar 40G: the world's first active fiber optic cable with CMOS Photonics technology

Luxtera has launched the first 40 Gigabit active fiber optic cable (AOC). In addition, Blazar (so called cable) is also the world's first fiber optic device, which is manufactured using CMOS Photonics technology. It is noteworthy that thanks to the combination of the advantages of optical modules and copper cables, Blazar allows you to create 40G solutions at a price that is predominantly characteristic of the 20G category.


Blazar is designed primarily for use in high-performance systems: Luxtera spells it out to replace InfiniBand . Due to the wide bandwidth, long-distance communication (up to 300 meters) and Quad Data Rate (QDR) support, the new cable is much better than the InfiniBand technology, the use of which is limited to small clusters. It is also worth noting the low specific power consumption of active fiber optic cable, which does not exceed 0.05 W per gigabit of bandwidth. The key feature of the Blazar, according to the manufacturer, is the design of the device, which provides for rigid mounting of fiber optic cables with transceivers, which are powered by a single sealed laser.

To bring Blazar to the market Luxtera is going at the end of the current year (we are talking about deliveries of prototypes from 1 to 300 meters). In the new serial production will come next year.

via HPCwire