INDUSTRY FOCUS TOP PRODUCTS 2023
2023: A GOOD YEAR FOR INNOVATION
Further, faster, smaller, sustainable, were key goals for new product launches in 2023. Some manufacturers upgraded existing product lines to achieve greater efficiency and power saving, while others concentrated on size reduction and versatility. Of the many excellent products launched throughout the year, here are just a few editor’s picks.
PRYSMIAN’S ECOSLIM™ SUSTAINABLE CABLES
commitment to increase the amount of recycled material in its products. Ecoslim™ uses the new generation of Easenet microducts which are up to 90% made of reclaimed HDPE, resulting in up to 50% less usage of virgin plastics compared to the conventional duct solutions.
Prysmian Group’s Ecoslim™ cables are a sustainable telecommunication system using Sirocco HD and Sirocco Extreme (XT) optical cables which are available with up to 864 optical fibres. Sirocco HD cables are made with 50% less plastics and up to 25% smaller in diameter, in line with the Group’s
BROADCOM’S 51.2T CPO OPTICAL ENGINE
a very low power TIA, as well as a monolithically integrated optical MUX/ DEMUX on the PIC.
Chipmaker Broadcom, demonstrated a prototype of its Tomahawk® 5 based 51.2T “Bailly” CPO system at OFC 2023, along with a fully functional Tomahawk® 4 based 25.6T “Humboldt” CPO system. Both units were developed as a result of a strategic partnership with Tencent Holdings and are aimed at the hyperscale data centre market. The Tomahawk® 5-based 51.2T Bailly CPO is Broadcom’s first all- CMOS EIC, and includes
NOKIA’S PSE-6s OFFERS 60% POWER CUT
in pairs to power 2.4Tbps coherent line cards. This allows network operators to transport any combination of high-speed client services including 400GE and 800GE across metro, long-haul and subsea networks.
Nokia launched its sixth generation Photonic Service Engine (PSE), which the company says is capable of reducing network power consumption by 60%. The PSE-6s supports a chip- to-chip interface that enables it to be deployed
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