CyOptics today announced the successful demonstration of 80Gbps data transmission for supercomputing and short-range (2 km) datacom and telecom markets. Through CyOptics' photonic integration capabilities and automated packaging platform the TOSA (Transmit Optical Subassembly) and ROSA (Receive Optical Subassembly) engines transmit and receive at 80Gbps in each direction with a confirmed error free transmission to 1E-15. The engines were also successfully tested over a 2km fiber path in loop-back mode. "CyOptics' demonstration signals a coming shift in high performance computer interconnects from copper to optical fiber," said Steve Scott, Chief Technical Officer of Cray Inc. "The cost, performance and signaling distance of this product will enable versatile and powerful computers." The 80Gbps product was designed and developed in partnership with Cray, Inc. and is tied to the U.S. government's High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) program. The product design has the flexibility to accommodate 4X or greater bit rates, achieve a package density in excess of 10 Gbs/cm(cubed) and have a cost of only a few dollars per Gbps. "This technology advancement is a major step forward in leveraging Indium Phosphide (InP) optical integration to lower data transmission costs," said Dr. Uzi Koren, Chief Technical Officer of CyOptics, Inc. "This demonstration in transmission capability showcases CyOptics' long history of InP technical innovation, demonstrated reliability, and precision manufacturing capability." The Lehigh Valley, Penn.- based company has it origins dating back to Bell Labs through its staffing and recent acquisition of TriQuint Semiconductor's Optoelectronics Division. Its high performance indium phosphide based lasers and detector products are sold to global module and systems level manufactures of optical communications equipment.