Spirent, MultiLane partner for QSFP-DD800 test
Test equipment suppliers Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT) and MultiLane say they have partnered to better address their customers’ 800G test requirements. The collaboration focuses on the test and verification of QSFP-DD hardware, including transceivers, switches that use these transceivers, and hyperscaler use cases.
As QSFP-DD800 is among the first optical transceiver form factors based on 100G electrical lanes, they bring a new challenge in terms of design, optimization, and fabrication, say the companies. “Successful 100G electrical lane design requires novel techniques and robust test procedures,” commented Kees Propstra, vice president of marketing at MultiLane. “Our joint effort with Spirent to tackle these challenges facilitates the transition to the 800G node, the next frontier in data center interconnects.”
Toward this end, the partners will pair Spirent’s 800G validation solutions for such configurations as 1x800G, 2x400G, 4x200G, and 8x100G (see, for example, "InnoLight leverages Spirent to demo 800G Ethernet interoperability") with MultiLane’s QSFPDD-800 thermal load loopbacks, module/host compliance boards, and noise injection bit error rate testers (BERTs; see, for example, "MultiLane offers ML4054B 400G manufacturing BERT and ML4079E 800G R&D BERT").
“Spirent has developed a comprehensive, end-to-end 800G testing suite that leverages our decades of experience in Ethernet testing,” said Aniket Khosla, vice president of product management, cloud and IP at Spirent Communications. “Our partnership with MultiLane will assure successful deployments of this complex new technology while helping customers improve product quality and ensure reliable, high-quality user experiences.”
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