Inphi Corp. has successfully demonstrated interoperability of its electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) and clock data recovery (CDR) technology at the SFP+/EDC interoperability plugfest, hosted by the Ethernet Alliance at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). According to Inphi, it's device paired with every SFP+ optical module present at the event, met and exceeded the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ae) transmitter optical eye mask and jitter requirements. In addition, the device demonstrated error-free performance as a receiver behind all SFP+ modules when put against the worst optical transmitter, said the supplier.

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"The success of this plugfest indicates the readiness of silicon and module vendors to support SFP+ platforms, which will enable mass adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet," said Marco Mazzini of Cisco and the Technical Champion of the Ethernet Alliance SFP+/EDC Subcommittee.

SFP+ modules are hot-pluggable, small-footprint optical transceivers intended for datacom applications. And offer the smallest, lowest-power solution for 10 Gigabit Ethernet to enable increased density in enterprise applications. SFP+ modules and PHY ICs are being developed for SR, LR, long-wavelength multimode (LRM) and extra-long wavelength (ER) optical reaches per IEEE Standard 802.3ae-2002 and IEEE Standard 802.3aq-2006.

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