
“Indium phosphide is the intrinsic enabler of the 400G transceiver’s high 0 dBm output power yet with low enough power consumption to be uniquely suitable for QSFP-DD. “Our partnership with Windstream will fast-track the development of a disruptive 400G transmission technology that builds on our award-winning integrated coherent transmitter and receiver optical subassembly, or IC-TROSA, which itself is based on our advanced and proprietary indium phosphide technology along with our industry leading opto-electronic integration platform,” said Matthias Berger, vice president, coherent technology, II-VI Incorporated, in a statement.

The wholesale provider also has worked with Everstream on a commercial deployment, and with Infinera on a previous trial. In order to get TRIM Enabler to do its magic, you must first enter the system credentials. TRIM Enabler has a streamlined and minimalist user interface composed of only one window.
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The partnership announcement comes after Windstream Wholesale has completed numerous trials of 400 Gigabit Ethernet connections, including a long-haul trial between Phoenix and Los Angeles earlier this year that used Acacia pluggable modules. TRIM Enabler is a small and straightforward application designed to compensate this SSD design disadvantage by activating TRIM support on SSD drives from any maker. RELATED: Windstream Wholesale sets 400 GbE record with Acacia pluggable modules

This revolution in IP-over-DWDM network architecture achieves significant savings in upfront costs and ongoing expenses, affording Windstream a highly competitive operational model.”

“II-VI’s high transmit power 0dBm 400G QSFP-DD DCO transceivers will enable Windstream to deploy greatly simplified network architectures, by optically connecting routers directly to access, metro, and regional transport networks without additional intermediary interfaces, eliminating an entire layer of optical equipment. “This game-changing partnership is a vital step toward making 400G wavelengths the default deployment service for large wholesale and hyperscale customers,” said Buddy Bayer, chief network officer at Windstream, in a statement. “The entry of coherent 400 Gbps in a small form factor pluggable such as QSFP-DD opens the door for a change in architecture to IP-over-DWDM, and away from traditional optical transport systems,” Dell’Oro stated in its January 2021 report update.
