Spirent and MultiLane Join Forces to Enable 800G Ecosystem
September 15 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Partnership helps resolve QSFP-DD800 testing
challenges and accelerates time to market
Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the leading provider of
test, assurance, and analytics solutions for next-generation
devices and networks, today announced that it has partnered with
MultiLane, a global leader in data center interconnects, to offer
vendor-neutral testing solutions supporting the 800G ecosystem.
This milestone is a result of the two companies’ joint mission to
enable 800G infrastructure development and adoption, and help the
industry resolve testing challenges, no matter the interconnect
strategy.
QSFP-DD800 is one of the first port standards that uses
individual electrical 100G lanes. The design, optimization, and
fabrication of these 100G lanes presents a significant challenge
for host and pluggable developers alike. The partnership
facilitates the test and verification of QSFP-DD hardware,
including transceivers, switches that use these transceivers, and
hyperscaler use cases.
“Successful 100G electrical lane design requires novel
techniques and robust test procedures,” said 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.”
Spirent offers 800G validation solutions for the entire
ecosystem, offering interconnect, network equipment manufacturers
(NEMs), and hyperscalers multiple options to help implement their
800G solutions, with support for various speed modes including
1x800G, 2x400G, 4x200G and 8x100G. The company helps its customers
qualify equipment so they can determine which supplier will best
meet their requirements. For partners, Spirent provides a neutral
test solution to validate their vendors.
“Spirent has developed a comprehensive, end-to-end 800G testing
suite that leverages our decades of experience in Ethernet
testing,” said Aniket Khosla, VP 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.”
With its high-value test solutions like QSFPDD-800 thermal load
loopbacks, module/host compliance boards and noise injection Bit
Error Rate Testers (BERTs), MultiLane continues to support the
rapid development of 800G technologies. In addition, as the
pre-eminent Signal Integrity expert, performing extensive research
and simulations in the domain of routing and footprint
optimization, MultiLane is offering design and consultancy
services, of which the partnership with Spirent is a proof
point.
While 400G technology is still relatively new, customers are
already looking to Spirent and MultiLane for new 800G test
solutions to validate high-density, higher-power-consuming
applications, as the ecosystem looks to deliver even faster
capabilities that can maximize capacity of existing space-limited
physical locations.
For more information about Spirent high-speed Ethernet testing
solutions, visit www.spirent.com/HSE
About Spirent
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT) is the leading global
provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks,
cybersecurity, and positioning. The company provides innovative
products, services and managed solutions that address the test,
assurance and automation challenges of a new generation of
technologies, including 5G, SD-WAN, cloud, autonomous vehicles and
beyond. From the lab to the real world, Spirent helps companies
deliver on their promise to their customers of a new generation of
connected devices and technologies. For more information, please
visit www.spirent.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and
Facebook.
About MultiLane
MultiLane Inc. is a leading provider of High-Speed IO and Data
Center Interconnect test solutions from 10G to 800G. Products
include BERTs, TDR, optical and electrical oscilloscopes, optical
switch boxes, and a host of MSA-compliant development tools for
QSFP28, QSFP-DD, OSFP, and other standards. MultiLane’s products
are used to test semiconductors, DACs, AOCs, active cables, optical
transceivers, and system switch cards. MultiLane also offers
compliance test services and fully automated, turn-key test
solutions. In addition, MultiLane develops high speed ATE modules
that fit in wafer-scale automated test systems such as Advantest’s
V93K platform. For more information, please visit
www.multilaneinc.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and
Facebook.
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