Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate 10 Gb XENPAK Operating Over 300 Meters of Legacy Multimode Fiber at OFC/NFOEC 2005.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Agilent's IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Standardization Effort Lowers Networking Costs with 10GBASE-LRM and Electronic Dispersion Compensation Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced it will demonstrate a 10 Gb/s XENPAK fiber optic transceiver transmitting network traffic over 300 meters of multimode fiber at the OFC/NFOEC 2005, March 8-10, Booth No. 2901. Agilent is leading the IEEE 802.3aq task force, which is defining a standard for using electronic dispersion compensation (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. ) with 10 Gb/s serial Ethernet fiber optic transceivers to economically drive short-range transmissions over legacy multimode fiber. Corporate IT departments are demanding a cost-effective solution for the existing enterprise LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. infrastructure before widespread upgrades to 10 Gb Ethernet are implemented. "Today there are short-reach, multimode solutions supported by the 10GBASE-LX4 standard, but we believe the use of 10GBASE-LRM with EDC will provide our customers with a significantly lower cost solution," said Tom Fawcett, director of worldwide marketing for the Fiber Optic Products Division in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "We expect to see our XENPAK and X2 modules with EDC reach volume production during the second half of 2005." At OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference , Agilent will demonstrate its XENPAK fiber optic transceiver module, featuring EDC, transmitting a 10 Gb/s data stream error-free over a distance of 300 meters using legacy multimode FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. grade 62.5/125 micron fiber. The fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power will be flexed to vary optical signal polarization and stress the EDC's ability to accommodate a variety of incoming signal characteristics. In addition, Agilent's Fiber Optic Products Division and Input/Output Solutions Division will demonstrate a 4 Gb/s optical link using its 4G multimode (MM) and single-mode (SM) Fibre Channel optical transceivers and 4G Tachyon tachyon (tăk`ēŏn'), hypothetical elementary particle that travels only at speeds exceeding that of light. According to the theory of relativity, the speed of light is the limiting velocity for all ordinary material particles. Protocol ICs. The demonstration will showcase a PC server generating 4G traffic through an HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. initiator (using Agilent's 4G IC and 4G MM and SM transceivers) to a loop switch (using Agilent's loop switch IC and 4G MM and SM transceivers) that will send 4G traffic to an HBA target. About Agilent's Fiber Optic Component Solutions Agilent Technologies is the world's leading provider of fiber optic components. Agilent offers the broadest portfolio of transceivers, addressing industrial, enterprise, storage, metro and long-haul applications. Agilent's patented manufacturing and testing procedures produce the industry's most reliable devices, and the company's support and order fulfillment organizations provide unmatched service and delivery worldwide. More information is available at www.agilent.com/view/networking. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2004. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please direct reader inquiries to Agilent Semiconductor Products Group at 800-235-0312, or e-mail us at semiconductorsupport@agilent.com. Further technology, corporate citizenship and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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