CREDO HiWire LP CLOS AEC | 400G QSFP-DD to QSFP-DD Active Electrical Cable (AEC)

Key Features

Designed to replace backplanes in chassis with front panel interconnect used in Distributed, Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) applications.

• 400G cables as thin as Cat6
• LP (Low Power) up to 50% less power than optics
• Up to 2.5m length
• Up to 75% less volume than DACs
• Up to 1,000 cables per rack routing density

Description

Credo’s HiWire™ Low Power CLOS Active Electrical Cable (LP CLOS AEC) is a thin, low power 400G AEC specifically designed for in-rack applications replacing backplanes in Distributed, Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) implementations. Plug & Play LP CLOS AECs consume up to 75% less power and take 75% less volume than DACs, enabling interconnect densities of up to 500 cables per rack.

Credo’s CAC4XX321D1D-XX-HW HiWire LP CLOS AEC is designed for telecom and data center use. It can sustain 8 lanes of 56G-PAM4 signal in each direction, providing bi-directional 400Gbps traffic per cable. The use and replacement of this AEC is simple and straightforward as it adopts standard QSFP-DD type 2 form factor and complies to MSA specifications.

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