Security News > 2021 > June > Point 2 Technology introduces 400G AEC for data centers and HPC systems

Point 2 Technology introduced its first 400GBASE-SR4 Active Electrical Cable for use in Distributed Disaggregated Chassis employed in data centers and high-performance computer systems.

The new PT-QD20132 employs Point2's C-Tube AEC and is built on a vertically-developed PAM4 SoC in a rugged cable assembly that delivers performance equivalent to active optical fiber cables for rack and mid-tier interconnect.

"With the introduction of our C-Tube 400G AEC we offer customers a low cost, high-performance alternative to expensive AOCs and performance-limited DACs to proliferate 400G disaggregated chassis configurations at hyperscalers and service providers."

Active electrical cables have distinct advantages over their passive direct attach copper and active optical cable counterparts for short-reach applications.

As a result, AECs have become widely adopted by data centers and HPC systems, especially when the DDC architecture is used.

The PT-QD20132 is designed to exploit the benefits of AEC to unlock the full capabilities of 400GBASE-SR4. The hot-pluggable PT-QD20132 accepts eight lanes of 53.125 Gb/s PAM4-modulated signals in each direction over a length of 7 m for an aggregated data rate of 425 Gb/s and has excellent bit-error rate performance of 10-8 or less.

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