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Intel’s 800Gbps cables headed to cloud data centers and supercomputers
The new cables are based on Intel's Silicon Photonics technology that pushes 25Gbps across each fiber. Last year, Intel demonstrated speeds of 100Gbps in each direction, using eight fibers. A new connector that goes by the name "MXC" holds up to 64 fibers (32 for transmitting and 32 for receiving), enabling a jump to 800Gbps in one direction and 800Gbps in the other, or an aggregate of "1.6Tbps" as Intel prefers to call it. (In case you're wondering, MXC is not an acronym for anything.)
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Excellent post. I'm a cabling guy (heavy on the copper side, not so much on the fiber side) and looking to make the jump into Data-Center construction, this post has opened up my eyes to the need to expand my skillset by taking some specialized training. I might have to see what BICSI has to offer for these new MXC connectors -- heck even for the microsegmented rack with power, storage etc.
Cool video about the MXC fiber here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM6mmSbe_8