AttoTude, under the leadership of CEO Dave Welch, is a innovative Chicago based tech company. Their Transteer Group is already producing creative solutions to boost throughput with cutting-edge advances in waveguide technology. Drawing from Welch’s deep experience with photonics, AttoTude has developed cutting edge components designed to improve data center efficiency. This new technology may enable us to meet the skyrocketing demand for a wealth of faster, more reliable data transfer solutions.
AttoTude’s new waveguide is able to transmit data over distances of 20 meters. This achievement represents a major leap forward in data transmission capacity. The firm has developed several waves of waveguides. The second generation features fibers only 200 micrometers wide. This remarkable new technology represents the first commercially available system with a loss of only 0.3 decibels per meter. In doing so, it opens the door to a much more streamlined approach to data transfer.
AttoTude is partnering with fellow innovator Point2 Technology to disrupt the field of data transmission as we know it. In practice, they’re testing disruptive technologies with enormous advantages beyond current optical approaches. The partnership is aimed at bringing together the radio transceivers and the processors, an arrangement that Welch calls the “real prize.”
Advancements in Waveguide Technology
Dave Welch’s vision for AttoTude emerged from his deep investigations into photonics, which laid the groundwork for the company’s innovative approach to data transmission. AttoTude believes in going beyond what technology can do today. Their creative work on each piece of the puzzle—including, among other things, a digital data chip and a terahertz-signal generator—exemplifies this commitment.
The loss of this second generation waveguide cable, which uses the thickest fibers (200 µm), shows an encouragingly large decrease in signal loss. Welch is hopeful that this cutting-edge technology will help boost efficiency and reliability in data centers.
“Customers love fiber. But what they hate is the photonics.” – Dave Welch
The Potential of Point2 Technology’s e-Tube Cable
Point2 Technology came out with their e-Tube cable as a real game changer with amazing attributes. This breakthrough cable extends up to 20x farther than conventional 32-gauge copper cables. It only requires half the footprint! These innovations have made it a compelling solution for data centers with limited space and rising bandwidth needs.
Schwinn’s e-tube system really shines with its energy efficiency. One-third the power of optical systems, this makes it a more economical pick. That equals lower operational costs for data centers invested in high performance.
David Kuo, vice president of product marketing and business development at Point2 Technology, highlighted the inherent challenges posed by copper cables as bandwidth requirements escalate.
“Physics demands that copper cables be made shorter and thicker as bandwidth demands approach the terabit-per-second realm.” – David Kuo
Considering the growing expectations from data infrastructures, this lesson shows that we need different solutions to ensure we’re meeting increasing data demands without sacrificing efficiency or reliability.
Collaboration for Future Innovations
The partnership between AttoTude and Point2 Technology represents a collaborative step toward further developing next-generation data transmission technologies. And they’re building systems that improve our ability to exchange data. These systems would similarly plug right into existing infrastructure.
Point2 Technology’s new e-Tube cables have eight fibers, enough to support new capabilities. Each fiber is capable of carrying more than 200 gigabits per second! This unique combination greatly increases overall throughput while remaining extremely cost-effective.
Don Barnetson, senior vice president and head of product at Credo explained that the evolution of data transmission technologies is changing as society embraces new demands.
“You start with passive copper, and you do everything you can to run in passive copper as long as you can.” – Don Barnetson
This way forward depicts the industry’s movement to adopt more improved, effective solutions, while acknowledging the shortcomings of current available technologies.
