10 results about "QSFP" patented technology

The Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for data communications applications. It interfaces networking hardware to a fiber optic cable. It is an industry format jointly developed and supported by many network component vendors, allowing data rates from 4x10 Gbit/s. The format specification is evolving to enable higher data rates; as of May 2013, highest possible rate is 4x28 Gbit/s. The QSFP specification accommodates Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and SONET/SDH standards with different data rate options. QSFP+ transceivers are designed to carry Serial Attached SCSI, 40G Ethernet, QDR and FDR Infiniband, and other communications standards. QSFP modules increase the port-density by 3x-4x compared to SFP+ modules. QSFP has 38 pins with 4 high-speed TX pairs and 4 high-speed RX pairs.