Blaze Delivers Smallest Pluggable 10Gb Transceiver The Afterburner-XGSX.Business Editors and High Tech Writers DUBLIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Blaze Network Products Inc., an optical networking subsystem company, today announced the Afterburner-XGSX, the smallest pluggable 10-Gigabit transceiver in the industry. Utilizing coarse wavelength division multiplexing See CWDM. (CWDM (Course WDM) An optical transmission method that is used for shorter distances than dense WDM (DWDM). Also known as "wide WDM," CWDM transmits fewer channels and uses wider spacing between the channels for distances up to 60 km. Wider spacing up to 25 nm, compared to 1. ) technology, the device is optimized for short reach multimode fiber applications within the networking infrastructure. The integration of CWDM and 850nm-based VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) Pronounced "vixel." A type of laser diode that emits light from its surface rather than its edge. A VCSEL's circular beam is easy to couple with a fiber, and due to its surface-emission architecture, can be tested sources provides the best low power and cost solution for the 10 gigabit enterprise market. The Afterburner-XGSX transceiver is a "Y" axis pluggable device that is approximately 1/2 the size of standard 10Gb/s transponders and nearly 1/3 smaller than the "Z" axis pluggable option announced by competitors last month. "Customers have been pushing the transceiver industry for years for higher port densities to support the increased numbers of links on the network. While the initial implementations of 10 Gigabit Ethernet will not require a high number of ports per blade, they will in the near future," said Kirk Bovill, director of product marketing for Blaze, "The days of the one and two ports per blade SONET boxes are numbered. With the Ethernet players moving into the established transport space, the traditional transponder guys have to come up with designs that are higher in port density and lower in cost to compete with the LAN-focused transceiver manufacturers." The initial pricing of the product is well below $800 for modest volumes. The product shipments will begin in the next few weeks. "We've been taking evaluation orders since late last year. We started to ship product in mid-March. The fact that our device is a straight XAUI XAUI 10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface XAUI Extended Auxiliary Unit Interface XAUI XSBI Attachment Unit Interface (IEEE 802.3ae) XAUI Ten Gbps Attachment Unit Interface interface enables the gear makers to quickly spin board designs since they don't have to wait for the SERDES See serializer/deserializer. chips needed to implement a serial solution. There is an inherit time to market advantage with our CWDM-based product line," said Jarrett Jern, product manager of the Blaze Afterburner afterburner Second combustion chamber in a turbojet or turbofan engine, immediately in front of the engine's exhaust nozzle. The injection and combustion of extra fuel in this chamber provide additional thrust for takeoff or supersonic flight; in most cases, the afterburner solution. The Afterburner product line from Blaze integrates 850nm-based VCSEL optics and CWDM packaging in its optics modules. The scaling capabilities of CWDM-based devices provide the optimal bandwidth enabler for LAN-centric optical links. Blaze currently has product on the market to support 1 and 10 gigabit applications. In the near future, Blaze will be showing optical modules that transmit in the 40 and 100 gigabit ranges. "We are positioned as the optical solutions provider to the networking industry. Our focus is to become the `OSP' to the 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. and access markets with our CWDM-based products as bandwidth requirements scale," added Brian Peters, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Blaze. About Blaze Network Products Blaze Network Products develops and manufactures cost-effective, next-generation optical networking products. Using innovative Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) technologies, Blaze redefines networking performance at the critical interface between electronic and optical components. Blaze has developed precision manufacturing processes that reduce the costs of premises and metro WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. solutions and enable widespread deployment of optical solutions in premise and metro area (MAN) networks. More company information is available at www.BlazeNP.com. Editor's Note: This announcement is being made at the NetWorld + Interop 2001 Las Vegas conference held May 6-11 2001 at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. in Las Vegas, NV. Blaze booth No. 3409 is located in North Hall 1. Certain of the statements in this press release are forward looking in nature and, accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties. The actual results may differ from those described or contemplated. All product names and trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies. |
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