Corning Ships the Control Interface for its Optical Cross-Connect Modules.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2001 Corning's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers to receive 256-port modules in second quarter 2001 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) ) announced today that it has begun shipment of an emulator device that includes the command-interface software and the associated drive electronics for its 256-port optical cross-connect A network device used by telecom carriers to switch high-speed optical signals (OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, etc.). It differs from a digital cross-connect in that it deals with multiple high-speed signals that are switched in their entirety and not multiplexed together. module. Corning customers are scheduled to receive the 256-port optical cross-connect modules in the second quarter of 2001. A 256-port fully-connected optical cross-connect represents a large step forward in achieving transparent optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. , a system architecture that promises substantially lower costs of managing wavelengths in long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. networks. The optical-switch-module emulator begins the integration between Corning's switch fabric and the system manufacturer's network element. Corning's customers can use this command set to accelerate the development of their optical cross-connect systems. "The command interface and related hardware and software controls for the switch fabric are critical to the performance of the optical cross-connect," said Mark Newhouse, vice president and general manager, Optical Networking Devices. "It begins the integration of the optical switch fabric and the cross-connect network element." Built into the emulator units are the supervisory control Supervisory control is a general term for control of many individual controllers or control loops, whether by a human or an automatic control system, although almost every real system is a combination of both. boards that run the entire command interface of an optical-switch module. Software emulation simulates the processing of switching commands and the generation of exception messages at the optical-switch module. The optical-switch modules are the core optical components of an all-optical cross connect. Corning is developing 256- and 1000-port MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) optical-switch modules. These switch modules incorporate MEMS-mirror arrays, micron-sized complex machines that are designed to route individual wavelengths through an optical crossconnect in state-of-the-art communications networks. The port count is a measure of the total number of discrete wavelength paths that can be configured through the switch. Corning Optical Networking Devices brings together a portfolio of technologies and design capabilities that enable wavelength-managed services. Corning's leading-edge, optical-networking components and modules make optically transparent, reconfigurable networks practical through the development of programmable, optical add/drop and cross-connect modules. 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 and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning's revenues in 2000 were $7.1 billion. |
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