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News Release from: Quellan
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 September 2006
Demo shows off intelligent cabling
Quellan has demonstrated its ability to transform data centre cable interconnects into intelligent cabling using the Molex iPass interconnect system for use in today's mega data centres.
Quellan has demonstrated its ability to transform data centre cable interconnects from passive, nonactive devices to intelligent forms of cabling using the Molex iPass interconnect system for use in today's mega data centres Quellan's Q:Active semiconductor technology, displayed this week at Intel's Developer Forum in San Francisco, enables second generation PCI Express cables to run at datarates of 5Gbit/s over 25m of standard 24 AWG shielded twinax cabling
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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In a x16 configuration, this yields 80Gbit/s of ultra-low-cost bandwidth.
Prior to this collaboration, PCI Express cables were only capable of running less than 10m at 5Gbit/s.
These dramatic improvements in the data centre yield lower operating expenses and capital expenditures as Data centre Architects can now use a smaller equipment footprint to acquire the same compute density.
To enable this technology, Quellan has inserted it's Q:Active ultra-small, low power analogue semiconductors inside the Molex iPass interconnect system resulting in unsurpassed improvements in cable reach, power consumption and throughput without additional latency.
"We are delighted to have Molex as a partner".
"PCI Express is now a mainstream, low-cost interconnect in PCs and servers and this announcement enables it to reach beyond the motherboard and deep into the data centre", said Tony Stelliga, Chairman and CEO of Quellan.
"This breakthrough will allow for seamless server interconnect directly from the motherboard across entire data centre clusters".
"Prior to this, high resolution video, audio and data required expensive, power and latency hungry conversions to reach across a cluster".
"This simplification greatly increases compute density, lowering capex and opex in today's new mega data-centres".
"By integrating Quellan's low power technology into the Molex iPass interconnect system, we extend the reach of our cabling and enable our data centre customers to reach longer lengths and provide significant cable size and weight reduction", said Craig Fosnaught, Director, Strategic Marketing, High Performance Interconnect Systems, Molex.
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