4Gbit/s transceivers take off

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 22, 2005

Finisar Corp is claiming major milestone with the shipment of its 100,000th 4Gbit/s optical transceiver in less than 9 months from first customer shipments.

Finisar Corp is claiming major milestone with the shipment of its 100,000th 4Gbit/s optical transceiver in less than 9 months from first customer shipments.

As one of the largest pure-play optical components companies, this achievement reaffirms Finisar's continued leadership position in the Fibre Channel market.

"One vendor shipping at these volumes indicates that the storage market is beginning its transition to 4Gbit/s", stated Daryl Inniss, Programme Director of RHK's, Communication Components Programme.

"This accomplishment bodes well for Finisar's intent to build market leadership in 4G optical transceivers".

Finisar is at the forefront of the industry with 4Gbit/s transceivers for use in a wide variety of storage network applications such as host bus adapters (HBAs), Fibre Channel switches and storage systems.

"The Finisar 4G transceiver has been instrumental to us in delivering one of the first 4G switches to market", said John Chan, Senior Product Manager at Brocade Communications Systems.

"The Finisar solution exceeded our requirements for performance, quality, and cost, enabling us to capture early 4G market share".

"Having reached this milestone in such short time period is a testament to our execution, design and customer focus", said Rafik Ward, Product Manager for Finisar.

"Accomplishments such as these, combined with our broad product portfolio, vertical integration, competitive pricing, and our internal high-volume manufacturing capabilities further support Finisar's position as one of the pacesetters in the optical components market".

Finisar has a complete product portfolio of 4Gbit/s transceivers, including the 4Gbit/s SFP (FTRJ8524P2xNy), which began shipping in July 2004, and the 4G lead-free/RoHS compliant SFP (FTLF8524P2xNy) and 4G lead-free/RoHS compliant SFF (FTLF8524E2xNy), which began shipping in November 2004.