3M Company : New Active Optical Cable Assemblies from 3M for CX4 and QSFP+ Applications Launch at DesignCon 2012
01/31/2012 | 08:15am
- 3M's AOC solutions provides high performance and speed at one of
the lowest levels of power on the market -
3M today announced the availability of its line of active optical cable
assembly solutions at DesignCon 2012. The 3M Active Optical Cable (AOC)
Assemblies for QSFP+ and CX4 applications offer an advanced new
light-engine design to provide design engineers with exceptional
performance at a low cost.
Both 3M AOC assemblies use only 540 mW of energy per end, making 3M's
line of active optical cables one of the lowest power cable solutions on
the market. The 3M AOC QSFP+ cable assembly offers four-channels of
bi-directional data at up to 10 Gbps, while its counterpart, the 3M AOC
CX4 cable assembly, offers those using legacy interfaces with four
channels of bi-directional data at up to 5 Gbps. Featuring a
lightweight, flexible and routable design, 3M's line of AOC assemblies
are ideal for applications in high-performance computers, data center
networks, high-speed servers and other applications where high speed and
low power is a must.
"High-speed cable assemblies are a must for systems that deal with large
amounts of data and information, especially in this always-on, always
connected world," said David N. Schneider, global business manager, 3M
Electronic Solutions Division, Interconnect Business. "3M's line of
active optical cables gives design engineers the ability to keep systems
running at faster speeds while ensuring that minimal power is needed - a
priority for high-consumption operations like server farms and data
center networks."
3M plans to launch a variety of active optical cable assembly options
during 2012, including a hybrid QSFP+ to CX4 solution to connect legacy
systems to newer systems; a CXP cable assembly with 12 channels of
bi-directional data at 10 Gbps per channel for greater bandwidth
options; and AOC QSFP+ FDR, which features four channels of
bi-directional data at 14 Gbps per channel, for up to an 56 Gbps
aggregate to use with the most demanding of high-speed solutions.
Samples of 3M's line of AOC solutions will be on display at the 3M booth
(#706) at DesignCon 2012 in the Santa Clara Convention Center, Jan. 31 -
Feb 1, 2012. To learn more about 3M's line of high-speed solutions,
visit www.3Mconnectors.com.
About 3M Electronic Solution Division - Interconnect
3M Electronic Solutions Division's Interconnect business offers a
variety of innovative connectors, cables and cable assemblies, embedded
capacitance materials and Textool brand test and burn-in sockets for
component engineers and designers in the electronics industry. For more
information about 3M's Interconnect solutions, visit: http://www.3Mconnectors.com.
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