Kaiam Corporation, a leader in high-performance pluggable optical
transceivers for datacentres, recently launched LightScale™2, a new platform
enabling unprecedented performance and scalability. This planar approach combines
multiple transmit and receive blocks in a very dense architecture that is
simple to assemble and delivers higher performance than standard TOSA/ROSA
approaches. Kaiam is currently sampling CWDM4 100G QSFP28s based on this
architecture, and expects to deliver 200G, 400G, and higher density on-board
optics with this platform in the future. This development extends Kaiam’s
leadership in hybrid integration technology for single-mode WDM transceivers.
Kaiam has been shipping 40G and 100G transceivers for hyperscale
datacentres in volume since 2014 using a MEMS-aligned hybrid optical
integration approach. The company’s LightScale™1 platform uses this proprietary
MEMS technique for optical engines in a standard TOSA/ROSA architecture.
LightScale™2 flattens the internal architecture of the transceiver to further
improve density, RF signal integrity, thermal management, power consumption,
and manufacturing simplicity.
Bardia Pezeshki, Kaiam’s CEO said: “Today most single-mode transceivers
use legacy telecom-type approaches that result in bulky packaging of
components. This not only increases cost and manufacturing complexity, but
degrades performance, as electrical and optical signals and heat must traverse
multiple interfaces.
“Kaiam’s MEMS-based packaging is intrinsically dense, combining
best-of-breed components such as InP lasers, silicon photonics, and
silica-waveguide integrated optics. By liberating our technology from outdated
telecom architectures, we can manufacture very dense and high-performance multi-wavelength
transceivers and modules. The new 100G QSPF28s being sampled now are a
brilliant testament to the advantages of this approach.”
About Kaiam Corporation
Headquartered in Newark, California, with
large-scale manufacturing in Livingston, Scotland, Kaiam is a private company
commercializing photonic integrated circuits. Founded in 2009 by leading
technologists from the optical networking industry, the team has a record of
delivering breakthrough products that change the rules of the marketplace.
Current products include 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s optical transceivers optimized for
datacentres. For more information, visit www.kaiam.com and follow on Twitter
at: @KaiamCorp.
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