[March 04, 2005] Industry Leaders Announce a Collaboration to Create a 'QSFP' Multi-Source Agreement -MSA- for Multi-Standard Quad SFP Optical Transceivers from 100 Mbit Ethernet up to 4 Gbit Fibre Channel Tweet SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- March 4, 2005 -- MSA Defines a Highly-Integrated 4-Channel Optical Transceiver to Replace Four Standard SFP Modules Providing Increased Port Density and Total System Cost Saving Nine leading networking component suppliers, including Agilent Technologies Inc., Applied Micro Circuits Corp., Hitachi-Cable America, Infineon Technologies Fiber Optics GmbH, JDS Uniphase Corp., Molex Inc., Optical Communication Products, Inc., Picolight Inc. and Tyco Electronics, today announced a collaboration to create a new Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) for an integrated multi-standard Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) transceiver to support Ethernet, Fibre Channel and SONET/SDH with data rates of up to 4.25 Gigabit per second (Gb/s). The QSFP MSA defines a transceiver module mechanical form-factor with latching mechanism and a host board SFP-like electrical edge connector and cage. The hot-pluggable module integrates four transmit and four receive channels with a standard MPO parallel optical connector. The QSFP device features digital optical diagnostic capability to monitor the link performance. The MSA will also define a multi-cage stacking configuration for increased density applications. This highly integrated transceiver module will enable network equipment manufacturers to increase port density and system data throughput and consequently reduce costs per Gb/s significantly. The QSFP MSA group will make details of the specification available to the industry, so that other optical transceiver manufacturers can produce compatible products. Various companies expect to begin shipping QSFP transceivers in the first half of 2006. About the QSFP MSA: The QSFP MSA welcomes application for membership from component, transceiver and network equipment manufacturers. More information about joining the MSA and status and availability of the specification is available at www.qsfpmsa.org. For further information, customers may contact the following representatives: -0- *T Dan Rausch Agilent Technologies Inc. +1-408-435-6689 dan(underscore)[email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Tom Hume Applied Micro Circuits Corp. +1-858-535-3274 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Kan Imai Hitachi Cable America +1-408-260-2630 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Rami Kanama, Infineon Technologies Fiber Optics GmbH +1-408-386-3191 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Brenda Pearman JDS Uniphase Corp. +1-507-322-9195 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Jay Neer Molex Inc. +1-561-447-2907 ex.3889 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Kirk Bovill Optical Communication Products Inc. +1-818-251-7180 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Vidya Sharma Picolight Inc. +1-303-530-3189 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- Rod Smith Tyco Electronics +1-717-986-5912 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- *T [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]