CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of network testing, visibility, and security solutions, today announced it has successfully demonstrated 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology by combining eight electrical lanes of 56 Gigabits per second (Gbps), defined as 400GAUI-8 by IEEE802.3bs, via four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4).
Ixia helps customers meet the growing demand for network bandwidth
The
live demonstration, the first of its kind, was delivered by Ixia to key
members of the 400 GbE ecosystem including a variety of end-users, as
well as industry-leading network equipment, chip, and optics
manufacturers. Attendees were provided with a first-hand view into
Ixia’s ability to integrate new and existing solutions, including PAM-4
(the most scalable multi-level signaling protocol for next-generation
line rate), with the company’s advanced 400 GbE technology to address
the growing bandwidth requirements of expanding hyperscale data centers.
In fact, according to a recent Cisco report entitled The
Zettabyte Era — Trends and Analysis, global IP traffic is expected
to increase nearly threefold over the next 5 years.
Ixia collaborates with key MSA groups to drive the future of 400 GbE
technology
Ixia currently supports and collaborates with two
key multisource agreement (MSA) development groups to help drive the
effectiveness and efficiency of 400 GbE technology: double-density quad
small-form-factor pluggable (QSFP-DD)
MSA, and Octal
Small Form Factor Pluggable (OSFP) MSA.
The QSFP-DD MSA Group is addressing the technical challenges of achieving a double-density interface and ensuring mechanical, electrical, thermal, and signal-integrity interoperability for module components produced by different manufacturers. Collaboration through the MSA is intended to enable faster implementation and easier operation of the high-speed, double-density quad small-form-factor pluggable interface in networking equipment. QSFP-DD addresses increasing global bandwidth consumption with its ability to quadruple aggregate switch bandwidth while maintaining port density.
The OSFP MSA is comprised of 49 industry leaders who are tasked with defining the form factor for new 400 GbE transceiver module that will support the full range of 400 GbE optics technologies, from datacenter to metro reach.
Ixia’s Ethernet technology leadership
Ixia was also the
first vendor to successfully and publically demonstrate leading edge,
IEEE802.3bs draft compliant 400 GbE technology with 400GAUI-16
electrical interface. Demonstrations took place at several industry
events in 2016. These demonstrations, held in Japan and Germany, help
confirm that 400 GbE technology, including key elements, is available
and ready to build the next generation of high speed networking products.
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statements made in this press release may be deemed to be
forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements
regarding growing bandwidth requirements; the expected increase in
global IP traffic; the benefits of collaboration through the QSFP-DD MSA
Group; and the technologies to be supported by the 400 GbE transceiver
module. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified
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with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and are
subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, as
well as other factors, may cause future results, performance, or
achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such
forward-looking statements include, among others, the actual growth rate
for global IP traffic; the ability of the QSFP-DD MSA Group to
successfully collaborate and to realize the anticipated benefits from
that collaboration; the ability of the Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable
(OSFP) MSA to successfully define [the specifications for the] new 400
GbE transceiver module and the module's success in supporting the full
range of 400 GbE optics technologies; changes in the global economy and
market conditions; and war, terrorism, political unrest, natural
disasters, and cybersecurity attacks. The factors that may cause Ixia’s
future results to differ materially from our current expectations also
include, without limitation, the risks identified in Ixia’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and in Ixia’s
other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
About Ixia
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) provides testing, visibility,
and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and
virtual networks for enterprises, service providers, and network
equipment manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in
which to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia
to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure
protection of their networks to make their applications stronger. Learn
more at www.ixiacom.com.
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