JDSU acquires Circadiant for SFP+ and 10 GigE stress testing

-- Test & Measurement World, 11/18/2008 1:49:00 PM

JDSU, a provider of test solutions for research and development, system verification testing, and production needs of carrier labs, network-equipment manufacturers, and their supply chains, has acquired Circadiant, an industry leader in SFP+, 10 GigE, and other stressed-signal test solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not released.

Circadiant will expand JDSU’s product portfolio for the lab and production test market through its Hydra and OST product platforms, test expertise, and customer relationships with leading network-equipment manufacturers, optical-module vendors, and semiconductor companies. JDSU’s optical transport product development capabilities and global distribution channels will now be available to extend the technology established by Circadiant and broaden its availability.

The SFP+ transceiver is specified by a MSA (multi-source agreement) between manufacturers and allows greater port density, the number of transceivers per inch along the edge of a mother board, than other transceiver configurations. SFP+ is emerging as the 10 GigE optical interface of choice because it can enable lower cost and higher port density network-interface cards. Developers and manufactures are faced with new compliance and performance test challenges that can be addressed by Circadiant’s products and systems. 

Circadiant standards-based test solutions include the Hydra platform, the 10 GigE LRM (long-reach multimode) and 10 GigE SFP+ test systems, and the OST platform for testing optical components, modules, and systems using real-world conditions.

“Testing 10GigE components and systems requires the verification of standards compliance for product development, but also simplified, lower-cost test solutions for manufacturing,” said My Chung, CEO of Circadiant.  “Providing industry-first test solutions that help meet new and complex challenges associated with SFP+ while also accelerating time-to-market is the differentiator for Circadiant products. We will expand these capabilities as part of JDSU.”

JDSU, www.jdsu.com; Circadiant, www.circadiant.com

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Post a comment

» VIEW ALL TALKBACK THREADS

Related Content

• Topics
• Author

Related Content

 

By This Author

There are no other articles written by this author.

Sponsored Links

TMW Resource Center

Browse Resources by Type:

• Web Event

• TMWRC_Averna_122308_WE_Back-to-Basics: Channel modeling and 'what if' analysis for signal integrity applications
  Agilent Technologies | Web Event
  VIEW NOW
• 7 Ways A New Test Engineering Platform Will Help You Cut Costs In 2009
  Averna | Web Event
  VIEW NOW
• Back-to-Basics: Measurement-Based Channel Modeling for Signal Integrity using Agilent ADS
  Agilent Technologies | Web Event
  VIEW NOW

View More