SFP+ Shipment Milestone: 1.5 Million and Counting
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on January 5, 2010
Welcome to 2010! I’d like to begin the new year by recognizing an important company milestone: Finisar has shipped more than 1.5 million SFP+ optical transceivers since 2007 – this volume is equivalent to the entire population of Phoenix, Arizona – the fifth largest city in the US. It is not every day that the optics industry can tout such a major milestone and, given the economic issues over the last 18 months, we are excited to have achieved it!
Now, a little history about the SFP+ (enhanced small form factor pluggable) transceiver. Finisar began shipping this new form factor in 2007 as a solution offering a smaller footprint and higher performance capabilities compared to the SFP transceiver design. Today it is used primarily in 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and 10 Gbps Ethernet networking equipment including switches, routers, Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), and Network Interface Cards (NIC cards).
For more than twenty years, we have led the industry in volume production of optical communication components used by some of the world’s largest networking equipment manufacturers and system providers. I believe this is a direct result of our strategic focus on building internal design and manufacturing capabilities which not only supply many of our own components but also provide more tools to innovate and deliver leading-edge products to our customers.
I am excited to begin the new year on such a positive note for Finisar as well as the entire optics industry. I’d like to take a moment to wish all of our Lightspeed readers a wonderful new year. I look forward to blogging with you in 2010!
