How to optimally enhance your computing power from an optical module

With your imagination and Avago Technologies’ innovation, your computing power can be optimized from the use of an optical module. The MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ 120G embedded optical transmitters/receivers can enable users to efficiently make use of the brilliance that Avago has to offer. Including robust density, tenacious bandwidth, versatility in board design and system interconnections, this technology also includes many other valuable features that can be advantageous to any user.  If you’re looking to boost your computing power from an optical module, Avago Technologies has a great way to help you with your endeavor.

With data center switches and core routers, the embedded optical transmitters and receivers can perform at an unsurpassable rate. This technology can be applied to high-performance computing and supercomputers that can be integrated with Avago’s transmitter/receiver technology that allows the system to work well. The MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ 120G optical modules can be used in the office setting, where central and cross-connected switches are present to manipulate the system in its entirety. Where servers are used, Avago’s optical technology can also be applied.

The MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ 120G embedded optical transmitters/receivers include 10.3125 Gbps per channel with a total of 12 channels. There are separate Tx and Rx modules for maximum board layout flexibility. With an aggregated bandwidth of 120 Gbps and 215 mW per channel, less than 50 μW of power is consumed when switched into power save mode. The innate way that the internal box sits can eradicate EMI/RFI shielding.

In terms of design and functionality, the MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ 120G optical modules are formulated for maximum power with minimum size, and are available at an affordable rate. There is an array of housing options available that cater to all different design specificities and needs. The detachable low cost optical connector comes with the apparatus for flexible cable management.

With extreme port density per line card, users will be able to make the most of all options that the MicroPOD™ and MiniPOD™ 120G optical modules have to offer. The great features of supreme signal integrity, supreme EMI, and intense thermal management are tremendously beneficial to any user. 

Additionally, consumers can use Altera® Optical FPGA Technology with MicroPOD™ Optics. This uses the basic concepts of embedded parallel optics, and then takes that optical design technology to the next level. Altera and Avago have worked together to create a highly advanced optical FPGA. By adding this technology, users will immediately observe a noticeable difference in the total performativity, span, and bandwidth available when fiber optics are employed instead of using copper for high-speed communications.  10G FPGA transceivers that are hooked up to 12 x 10G MicroPOD™ optical transmitters and receivers can produce a maximum of 120 Gbps of optical bandwidth, with an additional 160 Gbps of electrical bandwidth that is wonderful for achieving an overall higher computing performance.

When selecting the MicroPOD™ that best fits your needs, you can choose from two packaging options: an 8.2 x 7.8-mm MicroPOD™ with LGA electrical interface for ultra-dense embedded solutions, or a 22 x 18.5-mm MicroPOD™ with a 9 x 9 MegArray™ connector for simplified embedded solutions.

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