Parallel Optical Transceivers & AOC

    Learn about parallel optical transceivers & AOC for HPC data center networks.
    CablesTEC’s parallel optical transceivers and active optical cables (AOC) are the most powerful solution for creating 40G to 800G high-speed interconnect links in data center networks. Parallel optics are widely used in HPC data centers, including MMF series and SMF series. Among them, the former connects TOR to leaf within the distance range of 100m to 400m, and the latter connects leaf to spine within the distance range of 500m to 10km or spine to core within the distance range of 2km to 10km.
    CablesTEC’s parallel optics solutions have undergone strict performance testing, ensuring better bit error rate index than the industry standard, and providing the best signal integrity.

    Ultra-High Bandwidth, Performance and Reliability

    CablesTEC ensures the best signal integrity and best end-to-end performance by testing each parallel high-speed optical module in a real network. The bit error rate (BER) is lower than the IEEE industry standard, and the requirements for perfect competence are very strict HPC data center switch network.

    CablesTEC’s parallel high-speed optical modules mainly include two series: multi-mode parallel series and single-mode parallel series. CablesTEC provides a very comprehensive range of options in terms of speed, modulation mode, packaging and operating temperature range, supporting one-stop shopping for large, medium and small data centers:

    • The rate can be 40G～800G
    • The modulation mode is optional 10G/14G/25G/28G NRZ and 50G/100G PAM4
    • Package options include CXP, QSFP series (QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP112) and QSFP-DD series (QSFP28-DD, QSFP56-DD, QSFP112-DD)
    • The operating temperature range is available in commercial grade (C-Temp) and industrial grade (I-Temp)
    Note: Parallel high-speed optical modules are transmitted through multiple parallel optical fibers, each optical fiber independently carries a single-channel optical signal, which can completely avoid the interference between optical signals of different channels and ensure the stability of transmission.

    One-Stop Options

    Data Rates
    40Gb/s to 800Gb/s
    Modulation
    10G/14G/25G/28G NRZ
    50G/100G PAM4
    Form Factor
    SFP, QSFP, QSFP-DD
    Temperature
    C-Temp, I-Temp

    Low Cost, Low Power, High Performance and High Reliability

    CablesTEC’s parallel high-speed optical modules use mature optical components and manufacturing processes, and have great low-cost advantages compared with wavelength division optical modules in the same scenario. At the same time, thanks to Yifeiyang’s more than ten years of R&D and manufacturing experience, the power consumption of the module is generally lower than that of similar products on the market. All modules undergo very rigorous reliability testing to provide lower bit error rates and higher signal integrity.
    Key Features
    • 850nm VCSEL and PIN for MMF series up to 100m to 400m
    • 1310nm DML/EML and PIN for SMF series up to 500m to 10km
    • Data rates from 40G to 800G
    • Single MPO (UPC or APC)
    • Tested and certified in switch network systems
    Benefits
    • The most powerful HPC high-speed interconnect solution
    • Industry-leading low power consumption
    • Tested for switch interconnection network, out of the box
    • Exceeds IEEE’s BER standard for reliable operation in harsh conditions
    • Optional industrial-grade operating temperature range, ultra-high reliability
    High-Speed Interconnects

    The recent rapid growth in data center traffic and cloud computing has resulted in a massive increase in machine-to-machine traffic due to the rapid adoption of server virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), and cloud computing. Now, add the massive amounts of bandwidth required to train terabyte-scale data networks for training (GPU)-based artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML) systems.

    This drives huge demand for high bandwidth and low latency networks. High-speed DACs and AOCs, as well as optical transceiver module interconnections, play a key role in these modern data center technologies.

    MMF Parallel Transceivers
    Product Modulation Form Factor LD Reach Part Number Temperature
    800G SR8 8x 100G PAM4 QSFP112-DD 850nm VCSEL 50m GQD-MPO801-SR8C C-Temp
    400G SR4 4x 100G PAM4 QSFP112 850nm VCSEL 50m GQS-MPO401-SR4C C-Temp
    400G SR8 8x 50G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 850nm VCSEL 100m GQD-MPO401-SR8C C-Temp
    200G SR4 4x 50G PAM4 QSFP56 850nm VCSEL 100m GQS-MPO201-SR4C C-Temp
    200G SR8 8x 25G NRZ QSFP28-DD 850nm VCSEL 100m GQD-MPO201-DSR4C C-Temp
    200G SR8 I-Temp 8x 25G NRZ QSFP28-DD 850nm VCSEL 100m GQD-MPO201-DSR4T I-Temp
    120G SR10 12x 10G NRZ CXP 850nm VCSEL 400m GCX-MPO121-SR10C C-Temp
    112G SR4 4x 28G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 100m GQS-MPO111-SR4C C-Temp
    112G SR4 I-Temp 4x 28G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 100m GQS-MPO111-SR4T I-Temp
    112G eSR4 4x 28G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 300m GQS-MPO111-eSR4C C-Temp
    112G eSR4 I-Temp 4x 28G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 300m GQS-MPO111-eSR4T I-Temp
    100G SR4 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 100m GQS-MPO101-SR4C C-Temp
    100G SR4 I-Temp 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 100m GQS-MPO101-SR4T I-Temp
    100G eSR4 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 300m GQS-MPO101-eSR4C C-Temp
    100G eSR4 I-Temp 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 850nm VCSEL 300m GQS-MPO101-eSR4T I-Temp
    56G SR4 4x 14G NRZ QSFP+ 850nm VCSEL 150m GQS-MPO560-SR4C C-Temp
    40G SR4 Bail Latch 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 850nm VCSEL 150m GQS-MPO400-SR4C C-Temp
    40G SR4 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 850nm VCSEL 150m GQS-MPO400-SR4CB C-Temp
    40G SR4 I-Temp 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 850nm VCSEL 150m GQS-MPO400-SR4T I-Temp
    40G eSR4 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 850nm VCSEL 400m GQS-MPO400-SR4CP C-Temp

    800G/400G/200G QSFP-DD
    Multi-Mode Parallel Transceivers

    400G/200G/100G/56G/40G QSFP
    Multi-Mode Parallel Transceivers

    120G CXP SR10
    Multi-Mode Parallel Transceiver

    SMF Parallel Transceivers
    Product Modulation Form Factor LD Reach Part Number Temperature
    400G DR4 SiPh 4x 100G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 1310nm MZ+CW 500m GQD-SI401DR4C C-Temp
    400G DR4+ SiPh 4x 100G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 1310nm MZ+CW 2km GQD-SI401XDR4C C-Temp
    400G XDR4 4x 100G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 1310nm EML 2km GQD-MPO401-XDR4C C-Temp
    400G PLR4 4x 100G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 1310nm EML 10km GQD-SPO401-PLR4C C-Temp
    400G PSM8 8x 50G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 1310nm EML 2km GDM-SPO401-FR8C C-Temp
    400G PSM8 8x 50G PAM4 QSFP56-DD 1310nm EML 10km GDM-SPO401-LR8C C-Temp
    200G DR4 4x 50G PAM4 QSFP56 1310nm EML 500m GQS-SPO201-DR4C C-Temp
    200G PSM8 8x 25G NRZ QSFP28-DD 1310nm DML 2km GDM-SPO201-FR8C C-Temp
    200G PSM8 I-Temp 8x 25G NRZ QSFP28-DD 1310nm DML 2km GDM-SPO201-FR8T I-Temp
    200G PSM8 8x 25G NRZ QSFP28-DD 1310nm DML 10km GDM-SPO201-LR8C C-Temp
    200G PSM8 I-Temp 8x 25G NRZ QSFP28-DD 1310nm DML 10km GDM-SPO201-LR8T I-Temp
    100G PSM4 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 1310nm DML 2km GQM-SPO101-IR4C C-Temp
    100G PSM4 I-Temp 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 1310nm DML 2km GQM-SPO101-IR4T I-Temp
    100G PSM4 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 1310nm DML 10km GQM-SPO101-LR4C C-Temp
    100G PSM4 I-Temp 4x 25G NRZ QSFP28 1310nm DML 10km GQM-SPO101-LR4T I-Temp
    40G PSM4 ETH 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 1310nm FP 2km GQM-SPO400-IR4C C-Temp
    40G PSM4 ETH 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 1310nm DML 10km GQM-SPO400-LR4CD C-Temp
    40G PSM4 OTN 4x 10G NRZ QSFP+ 1310nm DML 10km GQM-SPO400-LR4CE C-Temp

    400G/200G QSFP-DD
    Single-Mode Parallel Transceivers

    200G/100G/40G QSFP
    Single-Mode Parallel Transceivers