JDS Uniphase XENPAK transceiver interoperates with products from multiple vendors in demonstration showcased by the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance at Networld+Interop
Ottawa, Canada and San Jose, California – May 7, 2002 – JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and TSE: JDU) today previewed its 10 Gigabit Ethernet XENPAK-compliant transceiver module in the world’s largest 10 Gigabit Ethernet multi-vendor interoperability demonstration at Networld+Interop 2002 (N+I) in Las Vegas. The interoperability testing and demonstration was coordinated by the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and included products from 24 vendors.
“This is a significant milestone for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and XENPAK,” said John Wyatt, president of JDS Uniphase Transmission Subsystems Group. “The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance has successfully driven the development of standards and helped achieve the multi-vendor interoperability critical for wide market acceptance of this technology.”
JDS Uniphase products are used in multiple demonstrations at N+I by the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance featuring optical link interoperability and chip-to-chip XAUI communications. The XAUI demonstration includes devices from independent vendors exchanging test-pattern data through eight layers of connectors, 20 inches of FR-4 trace and 10 kilometers of optical fiber. The JDS Uniphase 10 Gigabit Ethernet XENPAK transceiver uses 10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI) to exchange the IEEE 802.3ae-approved Continuous Random Pattern (CRPAT) over a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network pathway.
In addition to the testing coordinated by the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (for more information see http://www.10gea.org/), JDS Uniphase has also successfully tested interoperability with Agilent Technologies, Broadcom, Mindspeed, Mitsubishi, PMC-Sierra, OpNext, Optillion and Velio communicating CRPAT signals over a 10 km fiber loop.
The XENPAK module, which JDS Uniphase expects to begin shipping this summer, was designed by the Optical Datacom Business Unit in Rochester, MN (acquired from IBM in December, 2001).
JDS Uniphase invites all attendees at N+I to visit the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance in booth #6225 to view their XENPAK module in operation with the rest of the data link.
About XAUI
XAUI is a low-pin-count electrical interface that consists of four differential channels called “lanes” operating at 3.125 Gb/s each to provide an aggregate raw bandwidth of 12.5 Gb/s, or 10 Gb/s of Ethernet data. XAUI was defined to extend the optical module system interface reach inside a network element up to 20 inches through a standard FR-4 board and two connectors. The strong market interest in a low-cost, high-bandwidth technology is leading to a strong inclination of multiple vendors to implement 10 Gigabit Ethernet in enterprise backbone and metropolitan area network routers and switches.
About 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Positioned as a high-speed, unifying technology for networking applications in local-area networks (LANs), metropolitan-area networks (MANs), and wide-area networks (WANs), 10 Gigabit Ethernet will provide high bandwidth at relatively low cost. In LAN applications, 10 Gigabit Ethernet will enable organizations to scale their packet-based networks from 10 Mb/s to 10,000 Mb/s, thereby leveraging their investments in Ethernet. In MAN and WAN applications, 10 Gigabit Ethernet will enable service providers and others to create extremely high-speed links at very low cost.
About the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (10GEA)
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance was organized by networking industry leaders to facilitate and accelerate the introduction of 10 Gigabit Ethernet into the networking market. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.10gea.com/.
About JDS Uniphase
JDS Uniphase is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of products for high-performance fiberoptic communications applications. These products are deployed by system manufacturers worldwide to develop optical networks for the data communications, telecommunications and cable television industries. JDS Uniphase Corporation is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol JDSU, and the exchangeable shares of JDS Uniphase Canada Ltd. are traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol JDU. More information on JDS Uniphase is available at www.jdsu.com.
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