There is a mystery concerning stranded capacity as Broadcom’s StrataXGS Tomahawk 3 next-gen switching chipset offers quite a bit of bandwidth with a total capacity…
Category: Chips
The Case for 4×50-Gig Indeterminately
While fibeReality is willing to double down on our wakeup call to the hyperscale data center operators on the need for them to help reconstruct…
Multicore Fiber: Just a Cool Design for Now
Research on MultiCore Fiber (MCF) was first conducted almost four decades ago. It is definitely a real and a cool technology, and a user could…
Finisar CEO’s Babe-in-the-Woods Rhetoric
In an article published this month, Finisar’s CEO, Michael Hurlston said: “To be truthful, I didn’t know much about optics.” Certainly, by now, such a…
Ciena/Packet Design: First-Rate Acquisition
While Ciena’s historic record for acquiring companies has left a lot to be desired, its most recent buyout of Packet Design was a shrewd move.…
Inphi’s COLORZ: New Buyer Constrictions
Although Microsoft’s major push to try to create a market for Inphi’s COLORZ solution was memorable, it was unsuccessful, as the former has remained the…
Finisar Could be Telegraphing 5G Fronthaul Gear
fibeReality is aware of some speculation that Finisar’s CEO, Michael Hurlston, was supposedly brought in to build up the 3D-sensing business in order to sell…
Cisco Systems’ Optics Pastime
It all began for Cisco Systems last century during the bubble with its purchase of Cerent for a whopping amount of money, as it was…
Nokia Networks is a Wireless Firm — Period
While Nokia continues to sell optics solutions, and fibeReality even sees the possibility for a significant upside for it in the space in the short…
Inphi Could Not Resist Hyperscale Vortex
fibeReality first used the term, “hyperscale vortex” relating to ADVA Optical Networking, as it was one of the examples of foreshadowing of the complete destruction…
