Point2 Technology & AttoTude take a revolutionary new approach to photonic chips & optical fiber. Their aim is to achieve a radical improvement in the efficiency of data transmission in data centers. Together, these companies are poised to revolutionize the industry with the launch of a new cable category. This innovation amounts to orders of magnitude improvement in power savings, cost, and latency.
Point2 Technology’s innovative system needs only one-third of the power needed by optical solutions. It is one-third the cost and reaches latency at least one-thousandth that of traditional approaches. Each of these breakthroughs takes a novel approach that allows for exceptional energy efficiency. They supply economic development opportunities for data centers hungry for faster, more reliable connections to help them keep pace with soaring demand.
Point2 Technology’s system is probably the most advanced with eight e-Tube fibers. Each fiber is capable of carrying over 200 gigabits per second worth of data! This allows for a very high level of data throughput, keeping pace with the increasing demands of advanced data processing. The firm is just weeks away from starting production chips for a prototype game-changing marine cable. This 1.6-tbps cable with eight graceful polymer waveguides, each one carrying an astonishing 448-Gbps transmit rate with two frequencies of 90 Gbps and 225 GHz.
The Power of e-Tube Technology
Point2 Technology’s e-Tube cable has distinct benefits compared to traditional copper cables. Its form factor is greatly reduced, taking up half the footprint of an existing 32-gauge copper wire. Even still, it can create a totally unfair reach that’s as much as 20 times greater. Its dense design increases space utilization in data centers. This efficiency is especially important as the demand for both data processing and data storage capacity grows exponentially.
David Kuo, vice president of product marketing and business development at Point2 Technology, explains why their product is so timely. He admits its importance for a momentous change of the technological frontier. It’s no surprise, then, that the company has so far proven successful in luring $55 million in venture funding. Molex, a major manufacturer of computer cables and connections, has made significant investments. Point2 Technology was born nine years ago out of that enthusiasm. Their credibility and innovative endeavors are powered by a team of veterans from industry titans such as Marvell, Nvidia and Samsung.
As data centers strive to enhance their infrastructure, the need for efficient and reliable connections has never been more critical. Point2 Technology’s solution will provide enough optical fibers to meet this growing need while overcoming the drawbacks of conventional optical fibers.
“Customers love fiber. But what they hate is the photonics.” – Dave Welch
AttoTude’s Terahertz Innovations
AttoTude has become a leader in the global movement toward stronger, faster data transmission technologies. Their innovative approach takes advantage of terahertz-frequency generators and mixers to encode data directly onto terahertz signals. This unique combination has the potential to redefine how short distance data is transmitted, enabling a faster and more efficient connection.
AttoTude’s waveguide technology is incredibly impressive, recently achieving a transmittance record of over 20 meters while transmitting high-speed data. Last April, the company demonstrated a successful 4-meter long transmission. They were able to accomplish this astounding performance at a frequency of 970 GHz at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference. These advancements represent exciting steps forward in the race for ultra-fast data transmission that can keep pace with or outstrip emerging industry standards.
Point2 Technology and AttoTude have teamed up to develop an incredible synergy. Their innovations mark an important advance that will make it easier and cheaper for data centers to obtain high-speed connections. As organizations increasingly rely on cloud computing and big data analytics, these advancements could prove essential in reducing bottlenecks within network infrastructures.
Industry Response and Future Outlook
Industry specialists are closely following all of these new technologies and their possible impacts on data centers. Don Barnetson, senior vice president and head of product at Credo, emphasizes the importance of durable infrastructure by stating, “You start with passive copper, and you do everything you can to run in passive copper as long as you can.” His viewpoint encapsulates today’s dangerous tendency to revert to outdated approaches while acknowledging the need to adopt new Smart City solutions.
Credo has pioneered AEC technology state-of-the-art Advanced Electrical Connector (AEC) technology. What’s even more impressive is its 800 Gb/s can go as far as seven meters. This innovation is yet another example of the competitive ecosystem at work where private companies are racing to improve data transmission speed and efficiency.
Nvidia has made rather optimistic projections to increase the amount of GPUs per system from 72 to 576 by 2027. This action reflects the rapidly increasing demand for real-time and on-device data processing capability. Firms are adjusting to changing needs and expectations. Point2 Technologies and AttoTude proven technologies can have a major impact in creating the infrastructures of tomorrow.
“Electronics have been demonstrated to be inherently more reliable than optics.” – Dave Welch