Why optics are extra vital than ever for prime efficiency routing (Half 3 of 6): Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 31

Episode 31 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See beneath for episode notes.

Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 31

Why optics are extra vital than ever for prime finish routing, with Ammar Khan. Half 3 of 6.

Cisco’s 8000 Collection Router modified the sport in excessive finish routers, largely due to the Silicon One ASIC. It additionally launched to the trade among the first 400G ports together with Cisco’s QSFP-DD type issue pluggable optics. In Episode 31, we proceed our dialog with Ammar Khan, Product Administration Chief for the 8000 Collection Router. On this episode we speak about why prime quality optics is extra vital for routing nowadays.

– Pat Chou, Cisco Optics Product Supervisor

Ammar obtained his BSEE on the College of Oklahoma and an MBA from Santa Clara College. He began his profession as member of technical workers at an ASIC emulation start-up, the place he labored on leading edge ASIC and FPGA designs. His first foray into networking system design was at one other startup based mostly out of Massachusetts. He then moved to Broadcom by means of the corporate’s acquisition and launched and managed merchandise with over $250M in income. In 2010 he moved to Ericsson’s IP Division and outlined their edge router line with an annual income of over $150M. Ammar joined Cisco in 2018 and has been with the 8000 Collection Router workforce for over 4 and half years. He has labored on varied areas of the 8000 product line, together with fastened and modular programs, line playing cards, materials, optics, platform safety, and extra.

Associated hyperlinks

Cisco Optics-to-Machine Compatibility Matrix

Cisco Optics-to-Optics Interoperability Matrix

Cisco Optics Product Info

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Timestamps

2:25     Commodity vs asset information
7:11     Influence of dependable optics at increased information price
8:30     Problem of huge footprint networks
11:00   Significance of optics qualification, e.g. Digital Coherent Optics

Music credit

Sunny Morning by FSM Workforce
Upbeat by Mixaund

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