Molex Announces Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) Solution for High-Density Applications
17 November 2009 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ: MOLX) and (NASDAQ: MOLXA) introduces
the Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable Plus (QSFP+) interconnect
solution designed for a multitude of markets and applications
including switches, routers, Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), enterprise
data centers, high-performance computing (HPC) and storage.
Components of the system include the Electromagnetic Interference
(EMI) shielding cage, passive cable assembly, active cable
assembly, optical MTP cable assembly, optical loopback and a
38-circuit SMT iPass™ host connector.
“The QSFP has evolved to QSFP+ to meet 10 Gbps data rates just
as SFP progressed from SFP to SFP+ for 10 Gbps rates. The original
QSFP MSA now resides as INF-8438 and is no longer an appropriate
designation for use, being superseded by SFF-8436 in the SFF
Committee,” said Jay Neer, advanced technical market manager,
industry standards, Molex Incorporated.
“The SFF-8436 document specifies a transceiver mechanical form
factor with latching mechanism, host-board electrical-edge
connector and cage. The hot-pluggable transceiver integrates 4
transmit and 4 receive channels plus sideband signals. Molex's
QSFP+ transceiver (cable plug) can replace up to 4 standard SFP+
transceivers, resulting in greater port density and overall system
cost savings over traditional SFP+ products,” continues Neer.
QSFP+ uses a standard 38-circuit iPass™ SMT host connector with
a proven mating interface that enables high durability. The iPass
contact design, also implemented in other standards such as PCIe,
SAS, SATA, Ethernet and InfiniBand*, provides four balanced
differential channels featuring class-leading isolation, and
bandwidth, with durability cycling up to 250 cycles. The Molex host
connector mounts to the PCB beneath a low-profile metal cage that
provides latch points and is engineered to provide appropriate EMI
protection for the host system port. Optional light pipes and heat
sink thermal solutions can be clipped onto the cage when
needed.
The QSFP+ cable assemblies are designed to accommodate stacked
and ganged connector configurations in extremely high-density
requirements. They support 10G Ethernet, InfiniBand, SAS and
SONET/SDH standards with different data rate options.
The optical QSFP+ MTP cable assemblies and loopbacks meet the
QSFP+ interface specification. Cables are constructed with 12-fiber
3.00mm round cable for data center interconnect cable assembly
applications. The round cable provides much improved cable
management over the traditional flat ribbon cable. A robust 4.50mm
round optical cable ensures cable integrity and improved cable
routing for installations that require connections greater than 25m
apart.
QSFP+ MTP-to-LC breakout cable assemblies are available for SFP+
or patch-panel installations. Loopbacks feature a compact housing
compatible with module spacing and loop optical transmit ports to
receive ports for testing, burn-in and field troubleshooting.
To learn more about the QSFP+ stop by the Molex booth 712 at the
Super Computing conference (SC09), November 14-20 in Portland, Ore.
or visit http://www.molex.com/product/qsfp+.html.
About Molex Incorporated
Molex Incorporated is a 71-year-old global manufacturer of
electronic, electrical and fiber optic interconnection systems.
Based in Lisle, Illinois, USA, the company operates 43
manufacturing locations in 18 countries. The Molex website is
www.molex.com.
Molex is a registered trademark of Molex Incorporated
*InfiniBand is a registered trademark of the InfiniBand Trade
Association
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