XKL: DarkStar DST10-20 Optical Networking System

Cited for an Honorable Mention for its technical merit, the DarkStar DST10-20 was custom-designed to meet requirements for very high port density in 1RU, the provision of immediate extra channel capacity and new business flexibility, plus long-haul low-latency capability for in-house backhaul and for electronic trading. The DarkStar DST10-20 delivers 20 ports in 1RU and a round-trip time for a 1,600-km link of 15 ms, close to the performance of the fiber itself. It also uses less than 8 W per port. A pair of DarkStar DST10-20 systems can be the endpoints for 200 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth.