In March, we posted an article called “Google’s Fiber: Laugh All the Way to Bank,” in which we stated: “While [Alphabet’s] Google has made a…
Category: Cables
Submarine Festoons Needed in US
Although undersea festoon networks can be found in many parts of the world, one would be hard-pressed to locate a single case in the States.…
Xtera IPO an Act of Desperation?
Apparently, Xtera Communications’ desire to exit the optical business can no longer be characterized at all as graceful, but as somewhat frantic. There had been…
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…
AOCs: Unappealing Choice Up to 30 Meters
Assuming Microsoft goes ahead with a proposed project of a flattened switch architecture in its data centers, the use of Active Optical Cables (AOCs) for…
Microsoft’s Flatter Data Center Difficulty
Despite the greater efficiency of the newer networks of the hyperscalers, as their infrastructure continues to grow in size, they will gradually start grappling with…
Broadcom’s Tomahawk 3: An Optics Riddle
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…
Finisar: An Attack Plan vs Broadcom
Will Finisar engage in all of this development work on VCSEL bare die in its new fab in Texas just to take advantage of it…
Mellanox: Dreadful Timing on “SiPh” Halt
The day after it became public that Mellanox Technologies’ biggest shareholder, Starboard Value, sent a letter along with slides to the CEO and the Board…
Higher Stakes with Web 2.0 Undersea Apps
One of the most interesting discussions at the OIDA Executive Forum Program will be the panel on “Internet Content Providers Building Out Undersea Networks –…
