When it comes to the critical development efforts for 400GbE, the big-four hyperscale data center operators do not appear to be doing much more than…
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400G: Impulse to View Rate in a Vacuum
At ECOC this week, the aspect that will almost assuredly not come across is that large optical component firms have to be asking themselves whether…
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…
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.…
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…
Finisar/Oclaro: Nearsighted Beyond 4x50G
As with fibeReality, both Finisar and Oclaro have problems foreseeing 400GbE in any meaningful way in the anticipatable time ahead. While each is more than…
MACOM: Volte-Face Analogous to Infinera
There are striking similarities between MACOM Technologies Solutions and Infinera – not only regarding the most obvious characteristic that they have likely, more or less,…
400GbE Modules: Forecasting 2025 vs 2020
What exactly is a “real” client-side 400G device? We can certainly count on many marketing folks, and just about all research firms to define it…
Tibit: Last “Telecom Valley” Optic Hurrah
Over the years, nobody can deny that some of the most prominent “Petaluma Telecom Valley” entrepreneurs/engineers were courageous in taking on the huge, technological challenges,…
Throwing Down the Gauntlet at ECOC 2019
On our second blog, it was mentioned that fibeReality tried to get formal confirmation on the coming death of COBO as well as challenged the…
