Corning Introduces Newest Multimode Optical Fiber.Business Editors and High Tech Writers CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002 Corning(R)InfiniCor(R)SXi optical fiber, optimized for short-reach, high-bandwidth interconnect applications Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ), a world-leading supplier of optical fiber, unveiled today the latest addition to its optical fiber portfolio, a 10 Gb/s-capable multimode fiber An optical fiber with a larger core than singlemode fiber. It is the most commonly used fiber for short distances such as LANs. Light can enter the core at different angles, making it easier to connect the light source to broader light sources such as LEDs. for high-speed, high-density applications. Corning(R) InfiniCor(R) SXi fiber offers superior bandwidth for short-reach interconnect applications while achieving lower overall systems cost. InfiniCor SXi fiber is designed to provide an upgrade path to conquer bandwidth-intensive applications where data converges for routing, switching and storage. It is a 50-micron multimode fiber enabling 10 Gb/s transmission over 150 meters in the 850 nanometer (nm) wavelength window, and is designed for use with low-cost, 850 nm vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) to enable a cost-effective, high-bandwidth solution. The high-bandwidth InfiniCor SXi fiber is ideally suited for interconnect applications, including InfiniBand and Fibre Channel protocols in storage area network, central office, data center, and other high-speed parallel interconnect (HSPI HSPI Homeland Security Policy Institute HSPI High-Speed Parallel Interface HSPI Health Strategy and Policy Institute ) or very short reach (VSR VSR Very Short Reach (Ciena/Cisco design for high speed, 10Gbps data) VSR Variable Speed Reversible VSR Very Short Reach (optical interconnection; Sprint) VSR Volume Search Radar ) networks. End users can deploy InfiniCor SXi fiber to meet current network requirements using LED-based protocols, and as bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal increase, migrate to laser-based protocols, all on the same fiber. "Corning believes the introduction of InfiniCor SXi optical fiber is well-timed with the current market conditions," said Bob Brown, general manager and senior vice president, Corning Optical Fiber. "Many analysts predict metropolitan networks will be among the first to emerge from the current industry malaise. As this begins, central offices and data centers will be required to manage increasing volumes of digital information. With InfiniCor SXi optical fiber at the foundation of high-speed, parallel interconnect infrastructures, our customers will realize their bandwidth requirements in the most cost-effective way possible." Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television, information technology and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning revenues for 2001 were $6.3 billion. For more information on Corning optical fiber, please visit www.corning.com/opticalfiber |
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