Acacia Communications, a leading provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, on Thursday announced it is sampling multiple variants in its family of 400G pluggable optical transceiver modules including 400ZR, OpenZR+, and Open ROADM MSA.
Acacia’s 400G pluggable module family features an expansive list of interoperability solutions in QSFP-DD, OSFP and CFP2-DCO pluggable form factors for cloud data center interconnects (DCIs) and service provider networks. These pluggable solutions were designed to enable network operators to address increasing bandwidth demand through a simplified network architecture, reducing both capital and operational expenditures.
400G pluggable modules represent a key architectural change in high-bandwidth data center interconnects because they can be plugged directly into switches and routers offering the same density for both coherent DWDM and client optics in the same chassis. This architectural change helps network operators support their growing bandwidth demands in a more cost-efficient manner.
Acacia’s 400G pluggable module family is sampling today and is expected to begin volume production in the second half of 2020.
Megrdad Givehchi, VP of Hardware and Software and a Founder, Acacia
By supporting both QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors, our DCI customers are able to choose their preferred solution to access our technology.
Torgen Neilsen, 400G Pluggable Product Line Manager, Acacia
Our 3D Siliconization approach, which leverages high volume electronics manufacturing processes, benefits from the maturity of our silicon photonics technology and our vertical integration strategy.
