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To: J Fieb who wrote (3560)	7/4/2001 10:39:08 AM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 4808

Some recent baze pr pieces... BLAZE ANNOUNCES 100Gb PRODUCT LINE Inferno-CGSX™ Combines CWDM and Parallel Optics Dublin, CA - June 25, 2001 - Blaze Network Products Inc, a leading supplier of optical sub-systems based on Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) technology, today announced their ultra-high bandwidth Inferno-CGSX™ product line. The Inferno-CGSX transmit and receive modules combine CWDM with parallel optical fiber interconnects, enabling scalable solutions for 100Gb/s, 120Gb/s, 150Gb/s links and beyond. "We have taken our CWDM technology platform and integrated it with ribbon fiber to create a highly parallel optical link. This approach leverages the strengths of our low-cost optical solution and the density benefit of ribbon fiber," said Kirk Bovill, director of product marketing. "We provide tremendous economical and technical advantages over the current offering of competitive parallel optical modules." The Inferno-CGSX product line targets the terabit and petabit switch markets. It will be used to interconnect chassis that will require very high bandwidth links that exceed the performance capabilities of the emerging 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s optical devices becoming available in the market today. Production units will start shipping in October of this year. Engineering samples are available beginning in July. The transmit/receiver pair integrates CWDM and parallel optical technologies, making the 120Gb/s data rate unit a highly economical end-to-end solution. The Inferno-CGSX modules are linked with a single 12-channel ribbon fiber, while competitive solutions require 3-4 times more cable assemblies to create the equivalent high-capacity optical link. The 120-150Gb/s device utilizes VCSELs running at 2.488-3.125Gb/s. The link, combining CWDM and parallel optical architectures, launches 48 optical signals at the transmitter end into a 12-channel multimode ribbon fiber to a 48-channel receiver module. The electrical interface, due to the low data rate per channel, may be a parallel XAUI (10 gigabit attachment unit interface), OC-192 or OC-48 serial format. These interfaces, well defined within standards bodies, enable board designers to create layouts with known chipsets that can effectively "plug into" this high-density data link. The physical electrical interface is via an industry standard 300-pin FCI Meg-Array connector. "We believe 100Gb/s data links are the next plateau in parallel optical modules. Parallel CWDM configurations allow higher data transport rates from conventional ribbon fiber than previously possible. Additionally, the conventional low speed I/O's makes this technology attractive to system vendors as they can immediately implement the solution without waiting for next-generation MAC or framer chipsets," says Mike LaHa, product manager for Blaze. Blaze will be demonstrating the Inferno-CGSX™ optical link at the NFOEC conference in Baltimore, Maryland, July 9-11. About Blaze Network Products Blaze Network Products develops and manufactures cost-effective, next-generation optical networking products. Using innovative Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) technologies, Blaze redefines networking performance at the critical interface between electronic and optical components. Blaze has developed precision manufacturing processes that reduce the costs of premises and metro WDM solutions and enable widespread deployment of optical solutions in premise and metro area (MAN) networks. More company information is available at www.BlazeNP.com. Blaze says... We are staying focused in our product development. We aren't rushing out to make something that the industry doesn't need or require," said Kirk Bovill, director of product marketing. "Everything that we put out in the marketplace has been driven by customer demand for low-cost, low-power, high-density optical modules. Some people use the term scalable solutions as a buzz word, for Blaze it is our mantra." PS Remember that EMKR is at least supplying part of the Blaze solution, some of the VCSELs, I don't know if they are in this 100G product..... SOMERSET, N.J. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - May 16, 2001--EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR - news) has announced the availability of a family of Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) VCSELs for high-speed data communications. The family of CWDM VCSELs, which consists of four oxide VCSELs with wavelengths of 778nm, 800nm, 825nm, and 850nm, have been selected by Blaze Network Products and Cognet MircoSystems for use in their CWDM modules. Each VCSEL operates at 3.125 Gbps for an aggregate bandwidth in excess of 10 Gbps. The very tight control of wavelength required for CWDM applications can be achieved using EMCORE's renowned TurboDisc® Tools, which provide tremendous repeatability and reproducibility within the VCSEL growth and fabrication process. A key benefit of using EMCORE's VCSELs for CWDM applications is the stability of wavelength over an operating temperature range from 0(Degree) to 90(Degree) C. The minimum shift allows for cost reduction by eliminating the need for temperature controls required with typical WDM lasers. The EMCORE oxide VCSELs also offer an advantage in power utilization. With thresholds averaging 2mA per VCSEL and typical slope efficiencies of .5mW/mA, light output of 2mA or more can be obtained with minimum power usage Bring on the 10G, and bring on the 1310 also, bring on those high density servers, bring on the Iband, bring on big SANs.