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CWDM8 MSA Group

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CWDM8 MSA (8-wavelength Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing Multi-Source Agreement) Group is consortium which participants develop technologies for capacity growth of network equipment for data centers. By November, 2017 the following companies are a part of the organization: Accton, Applied Optoelectronics, Barefoot Networks, Credo Semiconductor, Hisense, Innovium, Intel, MACOM, Mellanox, Neophotonics, New H3C Technologies and Rockley Photonics.

Though Nokia, Huawei and ZTE are formally not included into this consortium, they expressed the support of the project and readiness to begin release of the corresponding equipment when it is possible.

2017: Development of the standard of data transmission with a speed of 400 Gbps at distance up to 2 km

In November, 2017 the standard of fiber optic communication with speed of 400 Gbps at distance up to 2 km was approved. Reported about it in consortium CWDM8 MSA Group which prepared new technical specifications.

Developers call this high-speed technology which uses a duplex single-mode fiber (SMF) cost-efficient and focus it on application for data exchange between components of one data center and several DPCs. Besides, development allows to save the electric power and is completely compatible to standard electric interfaces 50G PAM4.

The created standard will allow operators of data centers to unroll working at speed up to 12.8 Tbit / about switches and other advanced network equipment with interfaces 50G.

In November, 2017 the standard of fiber optic communication with speed of 400 Gbps at distance up to 2 km was approved

Mass deliveries of modules with support of new specifications are planned for the end of 2018.

In November, 2017 in CWDM8 MSA Group also announced development of the specifications describing fiber optic connection with a speed up to 400 Gbps at distances to 10 km. It is planned that this standard will be ready to the beginning of commercial implementation until the end of 2017.[1]

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