[san-tech][02514] 米政府スーパーコンピュータ用光ファイバ部品に $200,000投資

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:24:46 +0900
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GigOptix社のプレスリリースです：

"GigOptix Receives Grant to Customize Modulators for Government 

 Supercomputing Applications", Aug 02, 2010

  http://ir.gigoptix.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=225697&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1455003

  "today announced that it has secured a grant for $200,000 in research

   and development funds to customize the Company's proprietary LX8400

   40Gb/S Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS(TM)) Mach Zehnder (MZ) 

   modulator for use in an ongoing Government Supercomputing program."

  "Following the completion of a previous program where a GigOptix 

   modulator was able to successfully transmit 40Gb/s data at the extremely

   low temperatures of 40° Kelvin or -233° Celsius, this latest grant 

   will be used to further optimize the low temperature operation of the 

   design to enable optical links in next generation peta-flop class 

   supercomputers between processors running at ultra low temperatures 

   and large scale memory running at room temperatures."

※確かに、-233度の冷却では、実運用には改善が必須でしょう。

　冷却用として比較的広範に使われている液体窒素が -196度なのでこれ以上で

　安定稼働しないと、運用コストが・・・

米国政府で進行中のスーパーコンピュータ用ということは、DOE DARPA-HPCS

(Cray or IBM)、NSF NCSA Blue Waters (IBM) でしょうか。

Polymer Modulators

  http://products.gigoptix.com/polymer_modulators

LX8400-GNL, 40Gb/s DPSK Modulator

  http://products.gigoptix.com/polymer_modulators/54

はじめは、同じ Polymer Modulatorsでも、100Gb/s LX8900への投資かと思い

ました

LX8900-WNL, 100Gb/s MZ Modulator

  http://products.gigoptix.com/polymer_modulators/59

資料

技術解説等の講演資料

  http://ir.gigoptix.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=225697&p=irol-presentations

"100Gbps EO Polymer Modulator Product and Its Characterization using

 a Real‐Time Digitizer", Dr. Raluca Dinu, 03/25/2010 (PDF 26ページ)

   http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzczNjF8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1

とか。

Corporate Downloads

  http://www.gigoptix.com/company/downloads.html

※簡単な技術説明等 (日本語版もあります。日本に支社、代理店？があります)

Luxteraからは以下のプレスリリースがありました (7月 1日ですが)。

"Luxtera Advances Optical Technology to Support 100Gbps Interconnects 

 for Datacenters", June 1, 2010

  http://www.luxtera.com/20100601224/luxtera-advances-optical-technology-to-support-100gbps-interconnects-for-datacenters.html

  "today announced that its optical modulators now support next-generation

   30Gbps serial data rates, a key step towards enabling four lane parallel

   100Gbps interconnects."

  "Next-generation products based on 30Gbps transmitter technology will

   sample in 2011. "

Blazar LUX5010A, Multirate 4x10G Optical Active Cable

  http://www.luxtera.com/blazar-lux5010a.html

40Gを 1レーンだと、ケーブルが太いと思ったら CAT-6程度ですね。

でも 4レーンだと・・・。ターゲットは、100GbE、時期 FC (28Gb)

InfiniBand Roadmap

  http://www.infinibandta.org/content/pages.php?pg=technology_overview

"InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) Announces Updated InfiniBand

 Roadmap, Projecting Data Speeds of 104Gb/s per 4x Port in 2011"

 Jun 2, 2010

  http://www.infinibandta.org/content/pages.php?pg=press_room_item&rec_id=679

Blazar (4 x10 Gb Optical Active Cable) は Web経由で購入可能です、

  http://www.luxtera.com/where-to-buy.html

関連

"NOAA Selects Luxtera’s Award-Winning AOC to Power Multi-Room Data Center"

 March 15, 2010

  http://www.luxtera.com/20100315211/noaa-selects-luxtera’s-award-winning-aoc-to-power-multi-room-data-center.html

  http://www.luxtera.com/download-document/75-noaa-selects-luxtera%E2%80%99s-award-winning-aoc-to-power-multi-room-data-center.html

※↑ PDFファイル

  "Spanning the distance from one to 4,000 meters, Blazar provides the 

   required extended reach to interconnect supercomputing systems and data

   storage in a campus environment across multiple rooms and floors."

OptoPHY LUX6004, 40 Gigabit Optical Transceiver

  http://www.luxtera.com/optophy-lux6004.html

OptoPHY LUX6004は Web販売リストにありませんね。良く考えたら、

トランシーバなので回路設計が必要ですね。

Documents, Luxtera

  http://www.luxtera.com/documents.html

※NDA必須が減ってきました