Skorpios demos 400G CWDM8 transceiver at ECOC

At the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019) in Dublin, Ireland (23-25 September), Skorpios Technologies Inc of Albuquerque, NM, USA (which provides integrated silicon photonics products based on proprietary, wafer-scale heterogeneous integration process) is demonstrating its 400G CWDM8 transceiver product, as well as providing an update on its 100G CWDM4 QSFP28 product and unveiling its new product roadmap (which includes FR4/FR8 and ZR products).

Skorpios says that the 400G CWDM8 transceiver further demonstrates the disruptive nature of its heterogenous photonic integrated circuit (HPIC) technology platform:

Integration: demonstrates what is claimed to be the first heterogeneously integrated (III-V and silicon) 400G Tx device with 8 lasers, 8 modulators, in a 3mm x 5mm package.
Scalability: The Tx device has two lasers implemented on each of four pieces of III-V material, demonstrating how the HPIC technology platform can easily scale to massively higher bandwidths.
Bandwidth and performance: Skorpios’ HPIC III-V EAM modulators are capable of 50G NRZ and PAM4-based optical transmissions using the same architecture and are easily upgradeable to 100G per wavelength.
Platform flexibility: Proves Skorpios has the technology platform capable of delivering highly integrated optical engines and modules to the market, including 400G CWDM8, 400G FR4, 400G ZR and more.

Skorpios says that it continues to make significant progress with its 100G CWDM4 QSFP28 module. The firm has completed over 2000 hours of successful reliability testing and is in system qualification with tier-1 switch vendors. Skorpios is accepting purchase orders for its 100G product at what is said to be differentiated pricing enabled by its unique technology platform.

Skorpios also provided an update to its new product roadmap, which features 400G FR4, 800G FR4x2, 800G FR8, 400ZR and 800ZR products. The firm plans to ship 400G FR4 modules in first-quarter 2020 and sample 800G FR8 modules in fourth-quarter 2020.

“Our 400G demo and shipment of our 100G product underscore the power, scalability and disruptive nature of Skorpios’ HIPIC technology platform,” reckons James Czilli, VP of engineering.

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