Avago Technologies has announced a new form factor for fiber-optic transceivers that enables increased port density in Ethernet and storage equipment, here at the Supercomputing 2010 (SC10) conference. The new mini-SFP+ (mSFP+) pluggable modules enable 30 percent greater port density over industry-standard SFP+ transceivers, while delivering the same data-transmission performance for next-generation 10-Gbps Ethernet equipment designs and 8-Gbps Fibre Channel for storage applications.

The new mSFP+ transceivers incorporate Avago 850-nm Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) and PIN detector technology and comply with the optical interface specification per IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR standards. The devices are designed for low power consumption with typical dissipation of 0.6W. Avago has teamed with multiple cage and cable suppliers to provide a complete 10-Gbps Ethernet mSFP+ solution. Avago is exhibiting a high-density DCX Backbone modular switch from Brocade featuring the mSFP+ technology, in addition to demonstrating other high-speed optical fiber solutions, at SC10 in booth number 1328 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center from November 15-19.

"Avago is the market leader in 8- and 10-Gbps SFP+ transceivers, and our new mini-SFP+ devices integrate our proven technology in an innovative form factor that helps our world-class networking customers such as Brocade to deliver higher density networking equipment," said Tina Ohlhaver, marketing manager for fiber optic products at Avago. "Avago optical transceivers offer unparalleled reliability, with not a single VCSEL failure in the millions of 8- and 10-Gbps modules we have shipped to date."