Demo at DesignCon 2024 Highlights Spectra7's
GC1122 Chips Embedded in Volex QSFP-DD High Speed Cable
Assemblies
SAN
JOSE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- (TSXV: SEV) (OTCQB: SPVNF) Spectra7
Microsystems Inc. ("Spectra7" or the "Company"), a
leading provider of high-performance analog semiconductor products
for broadband connectivity markets, and Volex plc ("Volex"),
a global leader in high-speed data center interconnect products,
announce that they successfully demonstrated industry leading
performance of 800G Active Copper Cables (ACCs) at this year's
annual DesignCon Conference Exhibition held last week in
Santa Clara, California.
In the demonstration, Volex 800Gbps QSFP-DD ACCs with Spectra7's
embedded GC1122 chips successfully interoperated with test
equipment from several vendors to produce very robust low pre-FEC
bit error rates (BERs) significantly below standard required
BER.
"New network architectures and increased server speeds are
causing the market for connectivity inside the data center to
embrace active solutions," said Alan
Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst with 650 Group. "By
2026, we expect over 70% of the Cloud server market to be active
copper. We expect the market to quickly exceed US$1B and can exceed US$3B by 2026, which is far higher than the DAC
market it will replace. Active copper cables also help support the
US$22B, and growing, Ethernet market
in the data center, which is critical for the future growth of
Cloud and AI/ML applications." 1
"We are proud to have Volex as a partner for 800G interconnects
using our GaugeChanger™ integrated chips," said Spectra7 CEO
Raouf Halim. "We see strong demand
from customers for the low power, low latency and cost effective
800G cables that we are jointly bringing to the hyperscale data
center market."
Spectra7's analog based GaugeChanger™ GC1122
chips are used in ACCs and offer significant cost, size, and energy
consumption value versus competing Active Electrical Cables (AECs)
and Active Optical Cables (AOCs) that use Digital Signal Processing
(DSP) technologies.
NOTES:
1 650Group blog post (
https://650group.com/blog/active-copper-market-poised-to-take-significant-share-of-short-distance-market-in-the-data-center/)
and 650Group Cloud CAPEX, Data Center, and Ethernet Switch 2Q23
Results and September Forecast. This is forward looking
information. See "Cautionary Notes."
ABOUT VOLEX
Volex plc (AIM: VLX) is a global leader in integrated
manufacturing for performance-critical applications and a supplier
of power products. Volex serves a diverse range of markets and
customers, with particular expertise in cable assemblies,
higher-level assemblies, data center power and connectivity,
electric vehicles, and consumer electricals. Volex is headquartered
in the UK and operates from 28 manufacturing locations with a
global workforce of over 13.500 employees across 24 countries.
Volex's products are sold through its own locally based sales teams
and through authorized distributor partners to Original Equipment
Manufacturers ('OEMs') and Electronic Manufacturing Services
('EMS') companies worldwide. All of the products and services that
Volex offers are integral to the increasingly complex digital world
in which we live, providing power and connectivity from the most
common household items to the most complex medical equipment. For
more information, please visit www.volex.com.
ABOUT SPECTRA7 MICROSYSTEMS INC.
Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. is a high-performance analog
semiconductor company delivering unprecedented bandwidth, speed and
resolution to enable disruptive industrial design for leading
electronics manufacturers in virtual reality, augmented reality,
mixed reality, data centers and other connectivity markets.
Spectra7 is based in San Jose,
California with a design center in Cork, Ireland and a technical support location
in Dongguan, China. For more
information, please visit www.spectra7.com.
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For more information, please contact:
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Darrow Associates
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Public Relations
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